https://inowstream.com/videos/watch/bef21462-7f61-4821-8680-6ee68d2d385d Omar  ( Arabic :  عُمَرْ ) or  Omar Farouk  ( Persian :  عمر فاروق ) is a  historical   Arab television drama   miniseries -serial that was produced and broadcast by  MBC1  and directed by the Syrian director  Hatem Ali . 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 large controversy 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 Mohammad . The series consists of 31 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 Sunni scholarly bodies and people watching it. The series starts with one of the pilgrimage of caliph  Omar  where he delivers speeches to the pilgrims. The next scene comes with an exploration on  Mecca  of the caliph where he emotionally flashbacks to his own 18 year's life when he was a young boy working for his rude father  Khattab ibn Nufayl . The flashback perspective of Omar shows all the past story of his life from when he was a wrestler, a businessman and above all one of the leaders of the Quraish, and then to his life after his conversion into Islam being one of the closest companions of  Muhammad  and an immensely devoted believer, a brave inspiration for all the contemporary Muslims and a bold warrior in all the contemporary Islamic battles. The story goes through the Meccan victory, Muhammad's death,  Abu Bakr 's legacy as caliph and his death, and finally Omar's legacy. From viewer's eye perspective, his legacy as caliph shows the biographical stories of improvements and complexities of  his own caliphate  till his assassination by  Abu Lulu . Sat, 13 Jun 2026 16:54:23 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://inowstream.com https://inowstream.com/lazy-static/avatars/47fb3503-430f-4d18-a361-2dc4186a6e34.png https://inowstream.com/videos/watch/bef21462-7f61-4821-8680-6ee68d2d385d All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://inowstream.com/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.