Damascus tobacco dynasties don't burn out — they go to war.
Season 1 • Episode 30
LatestEarly 20th-century Damascus, under the shadow of the Ottoman Empire. The Al-Safi family has ruled the tobacco trade with an iron fist for generations — until a cunning outsider named Joudad arrives, driven by ambition and a personal score to settle. What begins as a commercial rivalry quickly becomes a blood feud touching power, money and revenge. A sharp, atmospheric Syrian period drama starring Maxim Khalil and Fayez Kazak, praised for its layered performances and fresh take on Damascene historical drama.
Acting
Samer Al Masri's patriarch — terrifying warmth, zero trust
Production
Damascus period detail that feels lived-in, not museum-piece
Writing
Business negotiations as knife fights, every word calculated
Creators
Shadi Dwair, Sultan Ouda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The tobacco trade historically dominated Syrian economic life; this fictionalizes real 1950s-60s merchant family rivalries rarely depicted in Western media.
Director Shadi Dwair cast actual Damascus old-city families as extras, lending generational memory to background scenes. The Khanam mansion is his own ancestral home.
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