{{short description|Syrian television series}} {{Infobox television | native_name = العبابيد | image = Al-Ababeed Poster.jpg | image_alt = | genre = Historical fiction | creator = Bassam Al-Mulla | starring = {{Plainlist| * Raghda * Salloum Haddad * Muna Wassef * Assaad Feddah * May Skaf * Caresse Bashar * Samar Kokash }} | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | composer = | country = Syria | language = Arabic | num_seasons = | num_episodes = 22 | network = | first_aired = {{Start date|1997}} }} '''''Al-Ababeed''''' ({{langx|ar|العبابيد|lit=''The Anarchy''}}) was a Syrian soap opera and historical fiction centered around the 3rd-century Syrian Palmyrene Empire which aired in the Ramadan season of 1997.
In the show, the role of Zenobia of Palmyra is played by famous Syrian actress Raghda.<ref name=southern>{{cite book|title=Empress Zenobia: Palmyra's Rebel Queen|first=Pat|last=Southern|year=2008|publisher=A&C Black|page=1|isbn=9781441142481}}</ref> Zenobia's struggle against the Roman Empire is used allegorically to represent the struggles of the Palestinian people to gain self determination.<ref>{{cite book|title=Among the Ruins: Syria Past and Present|first=Christian|last=C. Sahner|year=2014|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=134|isbn=9780199396702}}</ref>
The series was watched and admired by millions all across the Arab world.<ref name=southern/>
== Cast == The cast was as follows:<ref>[https://www.elcinema.com/en/work/1010795/cast Al-Ababeed Cast - El Cinema]</ref> *Raghda as Queen Zenobia *Abdul Rahman Al Rashi as Emperor Aurelian *Salloum Haddad as Elahbel *Rashid Assaf as Malko *Muna Wassef as Qamra *Assaad Feddah as al-Munzer *May Skaf as Taima *Caresse Bashar as Anagheem *Samar Kokash as Najda *Nizar Sharaby as Cassius Longinus *Bassam Kousa as Amrisha *Abdul Hakim Quotaifan as Zabbai *Hatem Ali as Moqimo *Hani El-Romani as the priest *Adnan Barakat as al-Numan *Sabah Jazairi as Nargese *Ahmed Rafea as Emilius *Yassin Arnaaot as Claudian *Adham El Molla as Muhareb *Laila Jabr as Dala *Mohammed al Rashi as Waeel *Abd el-Rahman Abo el-Qaem as Aylami *Fadwa Mohsen as Mabruka *Hossam Tahsen Beek as the Queen's messenger *Hala Shawkat as Malko's Mother *Saiful Din Subayie as Naheel *Abed Fahed as Ma'ani *Zeyad Saad as Nasr el-Lat *Maher Salibiy as Yamleko
==See also== * List of Syrian television series
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[https://imdb.com/title/tt3109744/ Al-Ababeed] on IMDb *[https://www.elcinema.com/en/work/1010795/ Al-Ababeed] on Elcinema (In Arabic)
Category:1997 Syrian television series debuts Category:1997 television series endings Category:1990s Syrian television series Category:1990s television soap operas Category:Cultural depictions of Aurelian Category:Syrian historical television series Category:Syrian television soap operas Category:Television series set in the 3rd century Category:Television series set in the Roman Empire Category:Cultural depictions of Zenobia