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 "id": "screen/umar-2012",
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 "slug": "umar-2012",
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  "en": "Omar",
  "ar": "عمر"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "مسلسل تاريخي إنتاج إم بي سي يتابع سيرة عمر بن الخطاب من الجاهلية إلى استشهاده خليفةً، ولا يظهر فيه النبي ولا يُسمع صوته.",
  "en": "An MBC historical series following the life of Umar ibn al-Khattab from the Jahiliya to his assassination as caliph; the Prophet is neither shown nor heard."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [],
 "regions": [],
 "periods": [],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "prophets",
  "wars-and-campaigns"
 ],
 "data": {
  "format": "series",
  "relevance": "primary",
  "titles": [
   {
    "lang": "ar",
    "value": "عمر",
    "kind": "original"
   },
   {
    "lang": "en",
    "value": "Omar",
    "kind": "alternate"
   },
   {
    "lang": "en",
    "value": "Farouk Omar",
    "kind": "broadcast"
   }
  ],
  "first_broadcast": {
   "edtf": "2012",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "year"
  },
  "countries": [
   "sa"
  ],
  "languages": {
   "original": [
    "ar"
   ],
   "dubbed": [
    "fa",
    "tr",
    "ur",
    "id"
   ]
  },
  "seasons": 1,
  "episodes": 31,
  "broadcaster": "group/mbc",
  "depiction": {
   "prophet": "not-shown",
   "companions": "shown",
   "imams": "shown",
   "note": "The Prophet is never shown; Companions including Ali are played by actors — a depiction Sunni religious authorities have often objected to."
  },
  "approach": "historical-drama",
  "sensitivity": "figurative-prophet",
  "external_ids": {
   "wikidata": "Q3184088",
   "imdb": "tt2063241",
   "elcinema": "2012535"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/wikidata",
   "source/imdb",
   "source/elcinema"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 2,
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High), screen-index lane; existence, year and identifiers verified against Wikidata and IMDb, 2026-10-16"
  },
  "reception": [
   {
    "kind": "fatwa",
    "note": "Al-Azhar's Islamic Research Academy and Saudi Dar al-Ifta opposed the series for depicting the Companions; other scholars including Salman al-Ouda and Yusuf al-Qaradawi approved it.",
    "sources": [
     "source/thr-omar-fatwa-2012",
     "source/national-omar-2012"
    ]
   },
   {
    "kind": "protest",
    "note": "Pre-broadcast campaign against the series ('No to showing Farouk Omar'); defenders argued dramatising the Companions has precedent.",
    "sources": [
     "source/egyptind-omar-2012",
     "source/alarabiya-omar-2012"
    ]
   }
  ]
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "«عمر» مسلسل درامي تاريخي صدر سنة 2012 من إنتاج السعودية، من إخراج [[person/hatem-ali|حاتم علي]]. ومن أبرز ممثليه [[person/samer-ismail|سامر إسماعيل]]، و[[person/ghassan-massoud|غسان مسعود]]، و[[person/ghanem-zrelli|غانم الزرلي]]، و[[person/qasim-melho|قاسم ملحو]]، و[[person/fethi-haddaoui|فتحي الهداوي]]. مسلسل تاريخي إنتاج إم بي سي يتابع سيرة عمر بن الخطاب من الجاهلية إلى استشهاده خليفةً، ولا يظهر فيه النبي ولا يُسمع صوته. {cite:wikidata} {cite:imdb}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "السياق والاستقبال",
     "markdown": "يتناول العمل [[person/umar-ibn-al-khattab|عمر بن الخطاب]]، و[[person/muhammad|محمد]]، و[[period/prophetic-era|العصر النبوي]]، و[[period/rashidun|عصر الخلفاء الراشدين]]، و[[place/mecca|مكة المكرمة]]، و[[place/medina|المدينة المنورة]]. ولا يُظهر النبي شخصيًا. أثار احتجاجات موثقة. {cite:egyptind-omar-2012} {cite:alarabiya-omar-2012}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "screen/umar-2012",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "\"Omar\" is a historical drama series released in 2012, produced in Saudi Arabia, directed by [[person/hatem-ali|Hatem Ali]]. Its leading performers include [[person/samer-ismail|Samer Ismail]], [[person/ghassan-massoud|Ghassan Massoud]], [[person/ghanem-zrelli|Ghanem Zrelli]], [[person/qasim-melho|Qasim Melho]] and [[person/fethi-haddaoui|Fethi Haddaoui]]. An MBC historical series following the life of Umar ibn al-Khattab from the pre-Islamic period to his martyrdom as caliph; the Prophet does not appear on screen and his voice is not heard. {cite:wikidata} {cite:imdb}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Context and reception",
     "markdown": "This work deals with [[person/umar-ibn-al-khattab|Umar ibn al-Khattab]], [[person/muhammad|Muhammad]], [[period/prophetic-era|the Prophetic era]], [[period/rashidun|the era of the rightly guided caliphs]], [[place/mecca|Mecca]], and [[place/medina|Medina]]. It does not show the Prophet in person. It provoked documented protests. {cite:egyptind-omar-2012} {cite:alarabiya-omar-2012}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "screen/umar-2012",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-17"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "«عمر» ایک تاریخی ڈرامائی سیریز ہے جو 2012ء میں سعودی عرب میں بنی، جسے [[person/hatem-ali|حاتم علی]] نے ڈائریکٹ کیا۔ اس کے نمایاں اداکاروں میں [[person/samer-ismail|سامر اسماعیل]]، [[person/ghassan-massoud|غسان مسعود]]، [[person/ghanem-zrelli|غانم الزرلی]]، [[person/qasim-melho|قاسم ملحو]] اور [[person/fethi-haddaoui|فتحی الہدایوی]] شامل ہیں۔ ایم بی سی کی تاریخی پروڈکشن جو عمر بن الخطاب کی زندگی جاہلیت سے ان کی خلیفہ کے طور پر شہادت تک بیان کرتی ہے؛ اس میں نبی نہ دکھائے گئے اور نہ ان کی آواز سنائی دیتی ہے۔ {cite:wikidata} {cite:imdb}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "سیاق اور استقبال",
     "markdown": "یہ کام [[person/umar-ibn-al-khattab|عمر بن الخطاب]]، [[person/muhammad|محمد]]، [[period/prophetic-era|عہد نبوی]]، [[period/rashidun|خلفائے راشدین کا دور]]، [[place/mecca|مکہ مکرمہ]] اور [[place/medina|مدینہ منورہ]] کو پیش کرتا ہے۔ اور نبی خود کردار کے طور پر نہیں دکھائے گئے۔ اس پر دستاویزی احتجاج ہوئے۔ {cite:egyptind-omar-2012} {cite:alarabiya-omar-2012}"
    }
   ],
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    "id": "screen/umar-2012",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
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     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-17"
  }
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