A Syrian resistance story so gripping, the occupiers never saw it coming.
Season 1 • Episode 30
LatestThe events of the series take place in the period from 1939 to 1945, the period of the Syrian struggle against the French occupation, by reviewing the current events in that period and shedding light on several characters and their social and political relationships.
Acting
Sulaf Fawakherji owns every frame she enters
Production
1930s Damascus recreated with obsessive detail
Writing
Hanna Mena's dialogue cuts like a blade
Creators
فهد ميري, Hanna Mena
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references actual signaling lamps used by Syrian resistance cells — a real historical detail.
Fahd Mirai and Hanna Mena spent three years researching oral histories before writing; several characters are composites of real fighters.
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