The Best TV Shows on MBC Drama

The most expensive Arabic series ever made, chronicling the life of Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan — from his early opposition to Islam, to his conversion, governorship of Syria, and ultimate founding of the Umayyad Caliphate. Spanning civil war, conquest, and political intrigue across the early Islamic world, this sweeping epic covers one of history's most controversial and consequential rulers.

On the run from his past and his community, Jaber becomes a fugitive and assumes the identity of a sacred heir—setting off a ruse in a forgotten village awaiting a saviour to revive its will to endure.

In a tale of love and revenge, two star-crossed lovers must face a ruthless society and a powerful patriarch hellbent on stopping their marriage.

Starring Hesham Maged and Asmaa Galal, House Duties follows Hamdi, a forensic doctor, and his wife as they desperately search for a home manager to help with their newborn twins. What follows is a parade of wildly unsuitable candidates — phone-addicted, boundary-crossing and thoroughly chaotic — while Hamdi's own bizarre cases at work add to the mayhem. A sharply written, situation-comedy standout praised for its wit and performances.

At the height of her stardom, Galila is a moving target. Enter Badr, an ex-MMA fighter hired to protect her. As threats circle closer than anticipated, duty blurs into desire and love into a fight no one trained for.

The story is set in a fiery period at the end of the 19th century in a tense atmosphere charged with the premonitions of the First World War. After Assi Al-Zand's discharge from military service and his return to his village on the banks of the Orontes river, he is caught up in a series of conflicts and conspiracies involving the region's leading political figures.

An Egyptian family living abroad decides to return to Egypt when a bout of nostalgia strikes the parents. Their children reluctantly agree to the decision but they all face a series of comical situations beyond what they expected from the moment they land.

In a village by the Lebanon-Syria border, the head of an arms-smuggling clan contends with family conflicts, power struggles and complicated love.

Sama goes undercover into the Lebanese village where her brother was murdered, hunting for evidence to bring down a powerful drug gang. What she doesn't plan for is falling in love — a complication that threatens to unravel everything. A gripping Lebanese crime thriller praised for its exceptional performances, addictive storytelling and the electric chemistry between its leads. Stars Nadine Nassib Njeim and Qusay Khouli.

As Maher is forced to leave his home with his wife Ward and his son Rahim to escape from the businessman and antiquities dealer Wajeeh, he settles with his aunt in Alexandria in an attempt to hide his big secret from the public eye.

Selim al-Ansary is a morally-conscious police officer who is talented at his job. He is constantly criticized by those around him, even his mother, and is perceived as an evil person. When a murder inside the police station unjustly points to him as a suspect, he gets arrested, but he decides to escape to prove his innocence.

The series follows the rupture of Andalusia into many warring states, which allowed the northern Kingdom of Castile to expand its borders and take control.

Born into beauty and poverty, Esh Esh is forced into becoming a dancer. She unexpectedly enters the world of the Greitleys, only to discover that her tragic fate was written long before she ever took the stage.

Set in 1980s London, a group of Arab students attempts to navigate life amid love, jealousy, and conspiracy in the city of fog.

A decision to spend her husband’s secret stash of money takes Amina, who leads a simple life, to places she never imagined she would go.

Where the brilliant lawyer (Abdul Sattar al-KEF) is subjected to a tragic car accident, after which he enters a coma that lasts for 20 years, and when he wakes up from his coma, he finds himself in front of strange things and concepts that he has never seen before, and he has to keep up with the Times and developments that have occurred, but he finds it very difficult to do so.

Mayar comes back to Lebanon after his rich father's death, acting on his father's will he meets Yara, falls in love with her and his life change.

Under one roof with her family, a widowed mother manipulates the lives of her children and their spouses, sparking conflicts over traditions and personal desires... All in the name of her suffocating love for them.

When tragedy strikes her traveling theatre troupe, Joud must face a scarred past and an unjust present--where loss, justice, and hope collide as she uncovers a truth more perilous than imagined.