Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the most popular television series in the arab world”. Today it says “syrian drama television series”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
Bab Al-Hara ( ; "The Neighbourhood's Gate") is one of the most popular television series in the Arab world , watched by tens of millions of people from "poverty-stricken Gaza to the opulent cities of the Persian Gulf ." The series chronicles the daily happenings and family dramas in a neighborhood in Damascus , Syria in the inter-war period under French rule when the local population yearned for independence.1 The appeal is cross-generational, and viewers include Muslims , Christians, Druze and Jews from Arab countries, the show was a huge success in the Arab World so MBC decides to renew it for a second season, the series' second season was even a bigger success as the finale was watched by over a 50 million viewers around the Arab World. It was renewed for 3 more seasons, The show announced its cancellation due to a long run of seasons.The series will be making a come back this Ramadan 2014, with Bab Al Hara 6.2 It has been proposed that it be filmed in Dubai on film sets, but many Syrians protested against this as it removes the Bab Al Hara sensation. The sixth Season premiered in Ramadan 2014 on MBC HD Channels and received Mixed reviews.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Bab al-Hara ( ; "The Neighbourhood's Gate") is one of the most popular television series in the Arab world , watched by tens of millions of people from "poverty-stricken Gaza to the opulent cities of the Persian Gulf ." The series chronicles the daily happenings and family dramas in a neighborhood in Damascus , Syria in the inter-war period under French rule when the local population yearned for independence. The appeal is cross-generational, and viewers include Muslims , Christians , Druze and Jews from Arab countries.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Bab Al-Hara ( ; "The Neighbourhood's Gate") is one of the most popular television series in the Arab world , watched by tens of millions of people from "poverty-stricken Gaza to the opulent cities of the Persian Gulf ." The series chronicles the daily happenings and family dramas in a neighborhood in Damascus , Syria in the inter-war period under French rule when the local population yearned for independence. The appeal is cross-generational, and viewers include Muslims , Christians, Druze and Jews from Arab countries, the show was a huge success in the Arab World so MBC decided to renew it for a second season. The series' second season was even a bigger success, and the finale was watched by over a 50 million viewers around the Arab World. It was renewed for 3 more seasons. The show announced its cancellation due to a long run of seasons. The series made a comeback in Ramadan 2014, with season 6. It has been proposed that it be filmed in Dubai on film sets, but many Syrians protested against this as it removes the Bab Al Hara sensation. The sixth season premiered in Ramadan 2014 on MBC HD Channels and received mixed reviews.
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Syrian television program Bab Al-Hara ( ; "The Neighbourhood's Gate") is one of the most popular television series in the Arab world , reportedly watched by millions of people in the Arab world . The series chronicles the daily happenings and family dramas in a neighborhood in Damascus , Syria in the inter-war period under French rule when the local population yearned for independence. The appeal is cross-generational, and viewers include Muslims , Christians , Druze and Jews from Arab countries, the show was a huge success in the Arab World so MBC managed to renew it for a second season. The series' second season was even a bigger success, and the finale was watched by over a 50 million viewers around the Arab World. It was renewed for 10 more seasons. The show announced its cancellation due to a long run of seasons. The series made a comeback in Ramadan 2014, with season 6. It has been proposed that it be filmed in Dubai on film sets, but many Syrians protested against this as it removes the Bab Al Hara sensation. The sixth season premiered in Ramadan 2014 on MBC HD Channels and received mixed reviews.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Syrian television program Bab Al-Hara ( Arabic : باب الحارة ; "The Neighbourhood's Gate") is one of the most popular television series in the Arab world , reportedly watched by millions of people in the Arab world . The series chronicles the daily happenings and family dramas in a neighborhood in Damascus , Syria in the inter-war period under French rule when the local population yearned for independence. The appeal is cross-generational, and viewers include Muslims , Christians , Druze and Jews from Arab countries. The show was a huge success in the Arab World, so MBC managed to renew it for a second season. The series' second season was even a bigger success, and the finale was watched by over 50 million viewers around the Arab World. It was renewed for 10 more seasons. The show announced its cancellation due to a long run of seasons. The series made a comeback in Ramadan 2014, with season 6. It has been proposed that it be filmed in Dubai on film sets, but many Syrians protested against this as it removes the Bab Al Hara sensation. The sixth season premiered in Ramadan 2014 on MBC HD Channels and received mixed reviews.
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one of the most popular television series in the arab world
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syrian drama television series
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