TV series

Harat Alsheikh

2016 · 1 season

A slow, sincere period drama that lingers on community rituals and moral choices, feeling weighty and nostalgic rather than action-driven.

Overview: Set in old Jeddah during the final years of the Ottoman era, this Saudi period drama follows two brothers raised in the same neighbourhood who take opposite paths in life — one falls into gang life and criminality, the other chooses righteousness and virtue. Rooted in Hijazi folk tradition, the show paints a vivid picture of community, honour, and moral struggle in a bygone era.
How it feels: Earnest, melancholic, tense and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Family, morality, crime, betrayal
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
morality
crime
betrayal
identity
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild