Wafik Al Zaeem
Biography
Wafik Al Zaeem is a Syrian actor from the city of Hammah, born in 1960. Throughout his career, Al Zaeem has worked mainly in television and radio series, including An Alley that Time Forgot, Algury's Alley. Wafik's breakthrough role was of Abu Hatim in the first five seasons of the famous Syrian television series The Alley Gate. Due to suffering from cancer, Wafik wasn't able to continue shooting his scenes in the rest of the series' seasons. Al Zaeem also wrote for television once in the series The Leader in 2011. He died of liver cancer on the 15th of March, 2014 at the age of 59.
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles
Drama Series - 2006, 16 episodes • as أبو Øاتم
A modern classic of Arab television. A social drama set in the 1920s in Damascus- It highlights Damascene life, noble values, and ancient customs and traditions represented by the people of Harat al-Dabeh who fled to Harat al-Salihiyah after the French bombed Harat al-Dabeh. The events take place after the gold is stolen from the house of the cloth merchant Abu Ibrahim, and the guard Abu al-Samu is killed. The men of the neighborhood try to find the thief.
Drama Series - 2001, 16 episodes • as Øسني / الØلاق
The events of the series revolve around a social and dramatic framework around Al-Juri neighborhood, where it represents the homeland, and the work aims to show the value of the homeland and that it is not just dirt, stones and houses, and that it is something precious that deserves love and loyalty.
Drama Series - 2008, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
A drama series that tells the story of the coastal environment during the era of the French mandate in Syria, especially the environment of fishermen in light of the exploitation and greed of some people and the bitter struggle of others against the French occupier.
Drama Series - 2011, 16 episodes • as داغر
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.
Drama Series - 2007, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
The series monitors the social, political and cultural life in Syria from the period 1932 to 1936, where the events take place in two neighboring areas: the city of Aleppo, and a supposed rural area called Kom alHajar.
Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Based on one of the most famous novels by Syrian novelist Khairy Al-Zahabi, the film tells the story of a woman from a Syrian family who is married but always treated badly by her husband, and is good at embroidery.
Drama Series - 1988, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
The series tells about a young man named Adel who moves to live in a new neighborhood with his family, but he gets into great problems with the people of the new neighborhood, especially Abdo because of his imposition of royalties on the residents of the neighborhood