Tarek Al-Sabbagh
Acting
Biography
A Syrian actor who appeared in several TV series such as Nights of Al-Salihiyah, Things Like Love, An Oriental Band, Residents of Qaymariyya, and The Curse of Mud.
Known For
The series discusses the living conditions of middle-class families by presenting the daily lives of a group of educated characters looking for job opportunities and self-fulfillment in the capital, Damascus, and it deals with the relationships between spouses, siblings, friends, and lovers, as well as between parents and children.
Another Rainy Day
After his wife passes away, Azmy tries to get married again and asks his sister to help him find a new wife, but his sons, Sobhy, Fathy, and Ribhy, don't like the idea of having a stepmother, so they plot together to sabotage his marriage.
Rude and Fussy
Men Under the Fez is a Syrian ensemble drama that explores the quiet gap between public virtue and private behaviour. Set in a society where educated, “progressive” men speak fluently about equality and modern values, the series gradually reveals the contradictions in their personal lives — and the emotional cost carried by the women closest to them. Through intersecting stories of marriages, desire, hypocrisy and self-deception, it offers a sharp, often uncomfortable portrait of everyday patriarchy. Directed by Hisham Sharbatji, starring Khaled Taja and Karess Bashar.
Men Underneath the Fez
The series presents archetypes that reflect the issues encountered by people who are about to marry, as all the romance fades once the groom is forced to pay all he has in order to secure a house, turning his life after marriage into a struggle to pay off his debts.
Congratulations
The series revolves around politics and corruption in 1980s Syria. An aspiring university student is forced to become a police officer and climb the political ladder, revealing bitter truths along the way.
The Curse of Mud
In 1918 Damascus, after the downfall of the Ottoman Empire and before the French colonization of the country, six Damascene neighborhoods decide to choose one head to rule over them, only for clashes over the throne to crystalize and extend.
The Leader
The story of a girl who grows up with a reckless father and loses her mother who dies of cancer but she goes on with her life trying to find the happiness she always longed for.