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| Omar (TV series) |
Omar (Arabic: عُمَرْ) or Farouk Omar (Persian: عمر فاروق) is a historical Arab television drama miniseries-serial that was produced and broadcast by MBC1 and directed by Hatem Ali. Co-produced by Qatar TV, the series is based on the life of Omar ibn Al-Khattab, the second Caliph of Islam, which depicts his life from being 18 years old to till the moments of his death.
The series consists of 30 episodes and was originally aired in the month of Ramadan since July 20, 2012.It was made at a cost of 200 million Saudi riyals and filmed in Morocco, primarily in the cities of Marakesh, Tangiers, El Jadida, Casablanca and Mohammedia. After the series was broadcast on MBC, it was dubbed into several languages for international broadcast and subtitled in English on YouTube; it received great support from many different scholarly bodies and people watching it.