
Bassem Yakhour
Acting
Biography
Bassem Yakhour is a Syrian actor and comedian known for his sharp satire, character work, and strong theatre background. He became widely recognised through the sketch comedy series Spot Light, where he showcased impersonations and social humour, and has since built a career spanning drama, comedy, and television hosting across the Arab world.
Known For

The events takes place in the village of (Al-Kharba), near Al-Suwayda Governorate, as it highlights the lives of two families living in the village within a comedic framework.
Al Kherba

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

The daughter of the quarter's chief, Khatoon pushed by love, rebels against traditions and wages confrontations with her family and the residents
Khatoon

When the Abbasids overthrow the Umayyad Caliphate in Damascus, slaughtering nearly the entire dynasty, one young prince escapes — Abd al-Rahman. Hunted across deserts and seas, he eventually reaches the fringes of the Muslim world and, through sheer will and political genius, founds a new Umayyad emirate in Andalusia. Written by Walid Seif and directed by Hatem Ali, this is the first chapter of their celebrated Andalusian trilogy — epic, human and historically meticulous.
The Falcon of Quraish

Tucked away in the Syrian mountains, the fictional village of Umm al-Tanafs al-Fawqa has been completely bypassed by modern technology — and its simple, warm-hearted residents have no idea what they're missing. Each episode follows their hilarious attempts to navigate life's big and small dramas with nothing but common sense, stubbornness and each other. A gentle, sharp satire that uses village innocence as a mirror for modern society's complications — described by many viewers as the greatest Arab comedy ever made.
Lost village

A mysterious murder takes place in a village near Damascus called Mafraq. Then an investigation begins to search for the perpetrator among members of two families living in the village. The investigations reveal shocking and unexpected secrets and details.
Cut Vein

In the alleys of old Damascus, Abdo makes his living driving a horse-drawn carriage — an honest man in a neighbourhood ruled by the scheming Abu Hamza Al-Nashwati, who has stolen his dead brother's inheritance and turned the whole quarter against anyone who stands in his way. When Abdo falls for a girl and dares to defy the powerful family, a personal conflict spirals into a battle between ordinary decency and entrenched corruption. A warm, character-driven Syrian period drama starring Bassem Yakhour and Salloum Haddad.
The Coachman

A sweeping historical epic tracing the life of Saladin from his humble origins to his unification of fractured Muslim kingdoms and his legendary recapture of Jerusalem from the Crusaders after nearly a century of occupation. Starring Jamal Suleiman and directed by the late Hatem Ali, written by Walid Seif — the same partnership behind Palestinian Alienation — this is widely regarded as one of the finest historical dramas in Arabic television, epic in scale yet deeply human in its portrayal of leadership, faith and sacrifice.
Salah Al-Deen Al-Ayoubi

A romantic drama about a girl who has kept her love for someone a secret for more than ten years and then decides to tell him in her own way, but what happens next?
Diaries of an Ex-Lover

The series takes place between the era of Jahiliyya and the beginning of the Umayyad caliphate, and presents the history of the Arab sword by documenting the most important stations that Arabs went through throughout the ages.
Arab swords

The story of Jamil Al-Homsi, who is shy around women, which explains his wife Hanaa's lack of jealousy. This drives him to invent many ways to make her jealous and force her to pay more attention to him, which gets him into many comedic situations.
Jamil and Hanaa's Diaries

Naji Saeed is a ruthless Damascus businessman who built his empire by climbing over everyone beneath him. When Nader — desperate and naive — walks into his orbit seeking money, he finds there's no clean way back out. A Syrian social drama that traces how class, greed and moral compromise trap people in invisible prisons long before any actual bars appear. Starring Bassam Kousa, Bassem Yakhour and Sulafa Mimar. Directed by Allaith Hajjo.
Behind Bars

A group of young men and women of different Arab nationalities live side by side in a residential building in Abu Dhabi. The work narrates the daily relationships between them, as well as the differences that may occur between individuals who live under one roof.
Neighbors

Spotlight, a Syrian social series, presents separate stories in various drama and comedy episodes of public life, and critically sheds light on political differences in Syria. The series has been airing since 2001 and consists of 15 parts
Spotlight

Abu Jaber’s family struggles in poverty, while Aziz’s family lives in luxury but without an heir. When Abu Jaber is unable to repay his debts, Fidda is forced to make a difficult choice: give up her newborn… or her body.
Al Sab'

The series presents the social differences between the rich and the poor, and the problems that arise from them, highlighting the contradictions experienced by prominent personalities as well as the dangers that young people face in life, and it also displays the problems of employees in the state.
A Very Hard Birth

The series revolves around Erwa, a 40-year-old television writer, whose story begins on the night of Baghdad's fall, to show the historical events and political turns that have occurred from 2003 until now.
Regret

The series revolves around a poor man who wants to get rich. As he has a dream that he has found a treasure, his social status changes as he goes out every night to abandoned areas and begins digging and goes home by day to rest.
A Hero From This Time

A separate connected series, as each episode is divided into two stories revolving around one topic, between the businessman Amjad and his wife Safaa, and the middle class married couple Adnan and...Read more
2 x 2

The second chapter of the acclaimed Andalusian trilogy by Walid Seif and Hatem Ali. Set in the golden age of Umayyad Cordoba, it traces the extraordinary rise of Muhammad ibn Abi Amir — known as Al-Mansur — from a young scholar arriving in Cordoba seeking knowledge, to the most powerful man in Andalusia. A sweeping story of ambition, political genius and the glittering, fragile peak of Arab civilisation in Spain. Stars Taim Hassan and Jamal Suleiman.