# The best Syrian TV series of all time

From the comedy of Duraid Lahham and Yasser Al-Azma to Hatem Ali's historical epics and the Damascene neighbourhood dramas: the Syrian series that keep appearing in the lists of Arageek, Ziid and Syria Site.

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## Top 15

1. **Bab al-Hara (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tales of a Damascus neighbourhood in the 1920s.
2. **Al-Zir Salem (2000)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Salloum Haddad in the epic of the Basus war, directed by Hatem Ali.
3. **Maraya (1982)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yasser Al-Azma's satirical comedy sketches.
4. **Sah al-Nom (1972)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ghawar al-Tousheh and Husni al-Burzan: Duraid Lahham and Nihad Qalai.
5. **Day'a Day'a (2008)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Comedy of a forgotten village, directed by Al-Laith Hajjo.
6. **The Palestinian Exodus (2004)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hatem Ali tells the Nakba through one Palestinian family.
7. **Al-Khawali (2000)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bassam al-Mulla and old Damascus at the end of the Ottoman era.
8. **Ayyam Shamiya (1992)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The series that launched the Damascene neighbourhood genre.
9. **Spotlight (Bu'et Daw) (2001)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Satirical sketches with the stars of Syrian drama.
10. **The Four Seasons (1999)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Daily life of a large Damascus family, directed by Hatem Ali.
11. **Spring of Cordoba (2003)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Al-Andalus under the Umayyads, directed by Hatem Ali.
12. **A Five-Star Family (1994)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A family comedy directed by Hisham Sharbatji.
13. **Diaries of a General Manager (1995)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ayman Zeidan as a disguised director exposing corruption in his own institution.
14. **Hammam al-Qishani (1994)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Damascus's political history seen through a public bathhouse.
15. **Al-Jawareh (1995)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A historical fantasy directed by Najdat Anzour.
16. **Al-Nadam (Regret) (2016)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Al-Laith Hajjo and a Damascus family between past and present.

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