An investment in past successes and unusual stories

"Levantine environment" is a bet for Syrian drama in 2021

• 10 works on the Levantine environment constitute the highest number of dramatic productions in one season.

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A strong comeback in the Syrian drama this year, in light of the relatively increasing number of acts and series that the Arab public will watch in the blessed month of Ramadan 2021, and their return after long years of retreat and the migration of most of its stars, and their tendency then to joint drama, for reasons related to the conditions of wars and production problems Marketing, and a number of obstacles that surfaced during the last 10 years, but this year witnessed a kind of new start to the Syrian drama, which seems to be recovering, based on a long history of successful TV series and works, some of which are still engraved today. In the memory of the Arab public, such as the works of the Levantine environment on which the Syrian drama will bet again this time, through nearly 10 works that recorded the highest number in terms of dramatic production in one season, in addition to contemporary social works that tried to rely, on a clear timidity, on what happened in The last years of social events have been associated in the memory of Syrian society with the horrors of wars and violent conflicts.

Criticism

In spite of the many and repeated criticisms of the quality and content of the Levantine environment work launched in 1992 by the director, Bassam Al-Mulla, in the series «Hara Shamiya», due to her drowning in unrealistic events, distancing her from reflecting the true image of the Damascene woman, and her insistence on the other hand on the other hand. Presenting a false stereotype about the local community. However, a large group of the audience was satisfied with the secrets of Damascene houses and neighborhoods, stories of “mustaches” and “qabdiyas” and the plots of women with “cousins”, and the conflicts between the Ottoman and French colonialists, and other stories that have long appealed to the makers of this type of Blockbuster drama, which often does not require exceptional directing capabilities or huge production capabilities.

An investment in successes

Among the names of the Levantine series of works, it can be noted that some producers this year depend on investing in the successes of previous seasons for a number of famous works, most notably the series "Bab Al Hara", which this year will reach its 11th part, to be the longest Arab drama series ever, after that The number of its episodes exceeded 300 dramatic hours, while its intertwined events witnessed the unprecedented participation of a wide range of Syrian drama stars of successive generations, while a large number of writers and directors succeeded in writing and directing its previous parts, to settle his current season with writer Marwan Kawouk and director Muhammad Zuhair Rajab Who completed the previous part of it.

On the other hand, viewers will hit a new date this year, with the second part of the series "Silk Market" by the two brothers Bassam and Muayad Al-Mulla, who will try to benefit from the criticism directed at this type of drama and to overcome it, by presenting a visual panorama of the Syrian capital Damascus in the middle of the last century. And the remarkable artistic, cultural and social openness I witnessed during that period.

As for the second part of the series "Brokar", directed by Muhammad Zuhair Rajab, this year, it will engage in presenting a new style of dramatic discussions by highlighting the positive role of women in the national movement and the nature of social life at the time, relying on a group of Syrian drama stars.

With director Rasha Sharbatji and writer Osama Kokesh, the audience will watch the series "Haret El Qobba", whose starring addresses Abbas Al-Nouri, Sulafa Mimar, Nadine Tahsin Bek, Shukran Murtaja, Sabah Al-Jazaery, and Wafaa Moussalli. The events of the new work, which will be shown in the Ramadan race, will coincide. This year on Dubai TV and a number of Arab screens, with the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, and the involvement of the Ottoman Sultanate in it, with the announcement of Sultan Muhammad Rashad, the general warrior or "Traveling Barlik", which he forced the sons of the countries under the rule of the Sultanate, including the Levant. It was a one-way trip without return, while the events took place between the characters of one of the Damascene neighborhoods, "Harat al-Qubba", and the figures of one of the villages in the countryside of Damascus at the time of feudalism, "the village of Dahr al-Jabal", to walk between the two places within a dramatic plot betting on excitement and suspense.

Tales of "unusual"

In the first experiences of the Syrian star, Hussam Tahseen Bey, in writing, and director Samir Hussein in the works of the Levantine environment, the audience will watch this year the series "The Kandoush", whose industry confirms that it will present a faithful picture of the people of Levant in that period, and will move away from the traditional escalation casting of events, For the benefit of dedicating an intense data fabric that is more special in the essence of each character, by starting from the story of a rich and kind man, who has his prestige, dignity and presence in the Levantine neighborhood, and the story of his shocking love with a widowed woman, and their constant struggle in which each of the stars, Ayman Zaidan, shares, Sabah Al-Jazaery, Ayman Reda, Shukran Murtaja, Samia Al-Jazaery, Canada Hanna, and others.

For the first time, the series "Wedding Al Hara", written by Marwan Kawouk and director Kinan Iskandrani, presents unusual stories in the works of the Levantine environment, by linking events with the Lebanese environment in the early twentieth century, and a group of stars from Syria and Lebanon participate in the new work.

As for the series “Aziza’s Choir” by Khaldoun Qatlan and director Tamer Ishaq, it narrates in a Damascene environment many interesting drama events that apply to the atmosphere of the series “Walad Sultan” directed by Ghazwan Kahwaji, with which he enters again his directorial experiences after the series “Old Levant Streets”, and shares Made with a group of Syrian stars such as Salim Sabry, Husam Tahsin Bey, Abdel Moneim Amayri, Hoda Shaarawi, and others.

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