''Seraa Ala El Remal'' (, also known as "Conflict on the Sand") is a

Syrian Syrians () are the majority inhabitants of Syria, indigenous to the Levant, most of whom have Arabic, especially its Levantine and Mesopotamian dialects, as a mother tongue. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend ...

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the w ...

first aired on Dubai TV during

Ramadan Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (''Fasting in Islam, sawm''), communal prayer (salah), reflection, and community. It is also the month in which the Quran is believed ...

2008. It was written by Palestinian writer Hani Saadi, directed by Hatem Ali, and produced by Dubai Media.http://www.dmi.ae/ramadan/RProgram_Details.asp?PID=3584 (Arabic language)

Description

''Seraa Ala El Remal'' chronicles the lives of around Arab

Bedouin The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu ( ; , singular ) are pastorally nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia (Iraq). The Bedouin originated in the Sy ...

in the desert during the early eighteenth century, weaving the fates of different people gathered by love and dispersed by the war, with stories of love and horsemanship, loyalty, betrayal and revenge. The most expensive Arabic TV series ever, the estimated cost to produce ''Seraa Ala El Remal'' was $6 million. It was filmed from October 2007 through February 2008 in

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

and

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

, with sites including

Palmyra Palmyra ( ; Palmyrene dialect, Palmyrene: (), romanized: ''Tadmor''; ) is an ancient city in central Syria. It is located in the eastern part of the Levant, and archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first menti ...

in Syria and

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in Morocco.

Cast

From

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Muna Wassef Muna Wassef (also spelled Mona Wasef) (; born 9 February 1942) is a Syrian 1/2Kurdish/ 1/2 Christian Valley stage, film and television actress. She is also a United Nations Goodwill ambassador. She is an icon in the Arab world and the Middle E ...

Taim Hasan Taim Hasan () (born February 17, 1976) is a prominent Syrian actor, known for his distinct dramatic roles in Syria and the Arab world. Hasan achieved fame in Syria through a number of highly acclaimed and extremely successful Syrian series most ...

*Abdul Munim al-Ameri *Abdel Rahman Abu Kassim * Bassel Khayyat *Rana Abyad *Safa Sultan *Joseph Nashef *Vilda Sammour *Khalid Al Qeesh *Rana Jammoul *Luma Ibrahim *Jaber Joukdar *Adham Murshed *Muhannad Qatish *Mohammad Al Rashi *Hassan Oweiti *Seif Eddin Subaie *Zinati Qudsiya From

Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...

: *

Saba Mubarak Saba Ahmed Soliman Mubarak El Siouf (; born April 10, 1976, in Anjara, Jordan) is a Jordanian actress and producer. She graduated from Yarmouk University in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in Theater acting and Directing. In 1998, she started her a ...

*Nadia Odeh *Nidal Najem * Anahid Fayad From Morocco: * Mohamed Meftah

References

{{Reflist Syrian television soap operas 2008 Syrian television series debuts