Omar (TV series)
| Omar | |
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English title card | |
| Also known as | Farouk Omar Omar Series |
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| Genre | Biography Drama Religion History Serial |
| Based on | Umar ibn al-Khattab |
| Written by | Walid Saif |
| Directed by | Hatem Ali Chadi Abo |
| Starring | |
| Voices of | Assad Khalifa (Omar) |
| Composer | Fahir Atakoglu |
| Country of origin | Arab World |
| Original language | Arabic |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 31 |
| Production | |
| Producers | MBC Group Qatar TV |
| Production locations | Saudi Arabia Morocco Qatar |
| Editor | Raouf Zaza |
| Running time | 44–47 minutes |
| Budget | 200 million SAR |
| Original release | |
| Network | MBC1 Qatar TV EPTV Nessma TV Atv MNCTV Nour TV Medi1 TV |
| Release | July 20 – August 18, 2012 |
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Omar (Arabic: عُمَرْ) or Omar Farouk (Persian: عمر فاروق) 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 Omar ibn al-Khattab (also spelled 'Umar', c. 583–644), the second Caliph of Islam, 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 Omar, 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. USD$53 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.