# The best Gulf TV series of all time

From Darb Al-Zalaq and Khalti Qmasha to Saq Al-Bambu and Al-Asouf: the series that made Gulf drama history, according to El Fagr, Mille World and Funjaan.

- 4 votes · 11 items
- Jun 26, 2025 · Nour Sherif
- https://even.best/en/l/4207/the-best-gulf-tv-series-of-all-time

## Top 10

1. **Darb Al-Zalaq (1977)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Husseinoh, Saad and their dreams of getting rich: the Gulf's number-one classic.
2. **Ala Al-Dunya Al-Salam** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Hayat Al-Fahad and Souad Abdullah as two sisters.
3. **Saq Al-Bambu (2016)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Isa, son of a Kuwaiti father and a Filipino mother, from Saud Alsanousi's novel.
4. **Sha'biyat Al-Cartoon (2006)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Emirati animation about a working-class neighbourhood.
5. **Khalti Qmasha (1983)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The domineering mother Qmasha and her children.
6. **Ila Abi wa Ummi ma'a Al-Tahiyya (1979)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A Kuwaiti family in a comic setting.
7. **Saher Al-Lail (2010)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kuwait at the end of the 1960s and start of the 70s.
8. **Al-Asouf (2018)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Saudi society from the 1970s onwards.
9. **Tash Ma Tash (1993)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Saudi Arabia's most famous comedy.
10. **Sanawat Al-Jarish (2022)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The impact of the Second World War on the Gulf.
11. **Amr Ikhlaa (2016)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A family that loses everything, over three seasons.

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