Omar

Name: Omar
Genre: War & Politics, Drama
Cast: Ghassan Massoud, Samer Ismail, Mehyar Khaddour, Mai Skaf, Bernadette Hodeib

TV series
2012
1 season
Qatar TV
War & Politics
Drama

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9.0 TMDB worldwide · 34 ratings

A historical saga about the second caliph and Commander of the Faithful Omar Bin Al-Khattab and his pivotal role in the Islamic State.

About the show

Omar (Arabic: عُمَرْ) or Omar Farouk (Arabic: عمر الفاروق) is a historical Arab television drama miniseries/serial produced and broadcast by MBC1, Hatem Ali serves as director, with Chadi Abo co-directing. Abo is best known for directing battle scenes and complicated visual effects projects. Co-produced by Qatar TV, the series is based on the life of Umar (c. 583–644), the second Rashidun caliph, and depicts his life from 18 years old until the moments of his death.

The series faced several high-profile controversies due to its depiction of Umar, Abu Bakr, Uthman and Ali, the four Rashidun Caliphs, along with other characters, who some Muslims believe should not be depicted, much like Muhammad. The series consists of 31 episodes and was originally aired in the month of Ramadan since July 20, 2012. Produced at a cost of 200 million Saudi riyals (est. USD53 million), filming took place in Morocco, primarily in the cities of Marrakesh, Tangier, El Jadida, Casablanca and Mohammedia.

Following initial broadcast, the series was dubbed into several languages for international broadcast, and subtitled in English on YouTube; it received great support from many different Sunni scholarly bodies and people watching it. The series was criticized by some Shia scholars and commentators for its portrayal of Ali and for what they regarded as historical inaccuracies and distortions.

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