Flight 149: Hostage Of War

Flight 149: Hostage Of War 2025

1

When Flight 149 landed in the middle of a warzone, the passengers and crew became human shields for Saddam Hussein. Thirty years later, the hostages are launching a legal case to discover the truth about why the plane landed in the first place.

2025

Capernaum

Capernaum 2018

8.16

After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.

2018

No Other Land

No Other Land 2024

7.80

This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

2024

Much Loved

Much Loved 2015

6.00

A social drama about four marginalized prostitutes in Marrakech and their complex relations with their families and society at large.

2015

The Blue Caftan

The Blue Caftan 2023

7.33

Halim has been married to Mina for a long time, with whom he runs a traditional caftan store in the medina (old town) of Salé, Morocco. The couple has always lived with Halim's secret – his homosexuality – about which he has learned to keep quiet. However, Mina's illness and the arrival of a young apprentice upsets this balance. United in their love, each will help the other face his fears.

2023

The Man Who Sold His Skin

The Man Who Sold His Skin 2021

6.61

To be able to travel to Europe and find the love of his life, Sam Ali, a Syrian refugee, accepts to have his back tattooed by one of the most sulfurous contemporary artist; becoming that way a precious work of art.

2021

Mosul

Mosul 2019

6.68

When ISIS took their homes, families and city, one group of men fought to take it all back. Based on true events, this is the story of the Nineveh SWAT team, a renegade police unit who waged a guerrilla operation against ISIS in a desperate struggle to save their home city of Mosul.

2019

The White Helmets

The White Helmets 2016

7.40

As daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk their lives to rescue victims from the rubble.

2016

In Between

In Between 2016

7.10

The film captures the daily duality of three young Palestinian women in Tel Aviv, caught between hometown tradition and big city abandon, and the price they must pay for a lifestyle that seems obvious to many: the freedom to work, party, have sex, and choose.

2016

Theeb

Theeb 2014

6.80

In the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming of age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination.

2014

The Square

The Square 2013

7.70

The Square looks at the hard realities faced day-to-day by people working to build Egypt’s new democracy. Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the heart and soul of the film, which follows several young activists. Armed with values, determination, music, humor, an abundance of social media, and sheer obstinacy, they know that the thorny path to democracy only began with Hosni Mubarak’s fall. The life-and-death struggle between the people and the power of the state is still playing out.

2013

Wadjda

Wadjda 2012

7.20

An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Quran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.

2012

Where Do We Go Now?

Where Do We Go Now? 2011

7.50

In a remote, isolated Lebanese village surrounded by land mines, Muslims and Christians live together in peace. As civil strife starts to engulf the country around them, the women in the village try, by various means and to varying success, to keep their men in the dark by sabotaging the village radio, and then destroying the village TV.

2011

When Pigs Have Wings

When Pigs Have Wings 2011

6.90

After a tempest, fishermen do not find only fish in their nets. That is what happens to Jafaar, a poor fisherman who lives poorly in Gaza. And what he hauls in is really upsetting: imagine that, a pig! An unclean animal judged impure not only by the Faith of Islam but also by the Jewish religion. Determined to get rid of the animal, Jafaar tries desperately to sell it, first to a United Nations official, then to a Jewish colony where Yelena raises pigs not for their meat but for security reasons. Of course, going unnoticed in the company of a "forbidden" animal, among his Palestinian brothers, past Israeli soldiers and under the scrutiny of Islamic fundamentalists is no bed of roses and a series of misadventures await Jafaar.

2011

Caramel

Caramel 2007

6.90

In a beauty salon in Beirut the lives of five women cross paths. The beauty salon is a colorful and sensual microcosm where they share and entrust their hopes, fears and expectations.

2007

Cairo Station

Cairo Station 1958

7.40

Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love with Abu Siri, a strong and respected porter at the station who is struggling to unionize his fellow workers to combat their boss' exploitative and abusive treatment.

1958

Zhen

Zhen 2025

1

In a small village nestled amidst the chaos of war, a resilient woman takes it upon herself to write heartfelt letters to the soldiers at the front lines, sharing snippets of the village life they left behind. The woman's letters become a beacon of hope, providing a brief respite from the harsh realities of war. As the years pass, news of her passing reach the senior commander of the troops. Intrigued by the impact of her letters, he decides to visit the village with a group of enemy soldiers in tow.

2025

I'll Get Back to You

I'll Get Back to You 2025

1

For the first time in decades, an exile arrives in Palestine and enters his family home. His mission is to recollect and liquidate remnants of the past. His expedition across the present connects him with places, people, and Palestinian plains. The plot thickens when his encounters lead him to a confrontation with Abu Bassam, a steward of the land, who reminds him that Palestine always remembers its people and keeps their roots alive. The exile’s mission transforms from liquidation to reincarnation, leading to a new state of permanence.

2025

The Perfect Candidate

The Perfect Candidate 2020

6.70

A young Saudi doctor campaigns for a seat on the municipal council, finding confidence as she combats prejudice.

2020

Under The Seventh Earth

Under The Seventh Earth 2025

1

When the honourable officer Moussa discovers that his siblings are counterfeiting dollar bills, he’s caught in a moral trap: either let them face the criminal underworld or take the reins of a dirty game to shield them.

2025

The Hero

The Hero 2025

1

After risking his life to pull a teenager from the clutches of a fatal fire, a middle-aged man becomes a local hero – only to find himself amidst an inevitable power battle against a cunning thug.

2025

Roxy Nights

Roxy Nights 2025

1

Amidst an intense political battle for power and social dominance in a Damascene neighbourhood under French rule, a young aspiring actress gets the opportunity of a lifetime to star in the first film ever made in Syria.

2025

Taht Al Ard

Taht Al Ard 2025

1

In a framework of suspense and excitement, the series takes place within the Damascus Safi family, which rules the tobacco trade with an iron fist and sets strict rules against anyone who competes with them in the market, which ignites the fire of war when a strong competitor appears.

2025

Breath

Breath 2025

1

A ballerina losing her sight finds hope in a young Syrian refugee who helps her rebuild her confidence. But as love blooms between them, her dad's powerful interference shatters her world, pulling her back to square one.

2025

Nasamat Ayloul

Nasamat Ayloul 2025

1

Rola, Umm Fawaz’s expat granddaughter, returns to her family home for a short mission. But an urgent incident forces her to stay in the countryside longer than she had planned…

2025

Ma khtalafna

Ma khtalafna 2024

1

Through separate, connected episodes, the series addresses many contemporary social issues, such as corruption, unemployment, poverty, social relations, and others.

2024

In the Shade of Jasmine

In the Shade of Jasmine 2025

1

“In the Shade of Jasmine” is a cultural and artistic Ramadan program broadcast by Al Araby 2 from Damascus. It brings together a group of intellectuals and artists to discuss social and cultural issues, with a focus on the role of creativity in rebuilding cultural identity. The program hosts prominent figures and allows young people to express their aspirations.

2025

Stiletto

Stiletto 2022

7.00

When a corpse drops from the top floor during a grand party, officer Rami questions all witnesses to find the murderer but uncovers a past filled with betrayal.

2022

Bab Al-Hara

Bab Al-Hara 2006

7.90

A social drama set in the 1920s in Damascus. It highlights Damascene life, noble values, and ancient customs and traditions represented by the people of Harat al-Dabeh who fled to Harat al-Salihiyah after the French bombed Harat al-Dabeh. The events take place after the gold is stolen from the house of the cloth merchant Abu Ibrahim, and the guard Abu al-Samu is killed. The men of the neighborhood try to find the thief.

2006

Hammam AlQishani

Hammam AlQishani 1994

1

The series goes into details of the events that Syria went through between the years 1955-1959, including the tripartite aggression against Egypt in 1956, the establishment of unity between Syria and Egypt, and the revolution against the monarchy in Iraq, through the Qishani neighborhood, where its people work as merchants, lawyers, doctors, intellectuals and other works.

1994

Till Death

Till Death 2021

6.30

Fed up with his wife’s distancing from him, Hadi goes on a business trip to Turkey where he meets a special woman, an encounter that changes his life forever.

2021

Breaking Bones

Breaking Bones 2022

10.00

The powerful man Al-Hakam facilitates illegal smuggling through some corrupt policemen, despite the fact that his son Rayan is a police officer who goes after outlaws.

2022

Crystal

Crystal 2023

10.00

When a famous fashion designer and her gardener’s daughter fall for the same man, the struggle between them soon turns into an all-out war where only one can prevail.

2023

Time Of Coin

Time Of Coin 2012

1

The work deals with a stage in the history of Syrian society between 1915 to 1926, which is the time of the Ottomans' exit from Damascus and the French occupation of Syria, and presents the conditions of Syrian society at that time until the Great Syrian Revolution

2012