Al‑Zaqoum

At a glance

Al‑Zaqoum, is a 2022 Saudi series, and starring Saad Al-Faraj, فاطمة الحوسني, Zainab Ghazi. running for 1 season.

Overview

Al-Zaqoum is a dramatic series spanning decades, opening in the 1940s as two men seize the inheritance of a wealthy individual and flee with their ill-gotten wealth amid the chaos of a spreading epidemic. As years pass and prosperity masks their crime, the seeds of their corruption quietly take root. Drawing on the Quranic symbolism of the zaqqum — the bitter tree of hell — the series traces how stolen wealth eventually bears poisoned fruit for those who live off it. A morality-driven drama about guilt, betrayal, and the long arc of justice, Al-Zaqoum warns that fortunes built on treachery carry a cost no amount of time can erase.

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