Film making in the Middle East 130 images Created 28 May 2009
yrian television dramas which over the past few years have grown to dominate soap opera entertainment in the Arab world. .Leading Syrian directors say their dramas are challenging the historical dominance of Egypt as the leading producer of television for the Arab world..."The Living Martyr," a Syrian-made drama that tells the story of Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, from the he perspective of Hezbollah, Directed by Najdat Anzour and starring Ammar Chalak..Nadjat Anzour is the son of the Syrian director Ismail Anzour, famous for the film "Under Damascus Skies", Syria's first silent film made in 1932. ..Nadjat's most recent work is critical of terrorism and he received death threats after his tv series was aired during Ramadam in 2006, but at the same time it attracted millions of viewers across the Arab region..He condemns terrorism by Islamic extremists as a global threat that hurts Muslims.