Soft Thorns

At a glance

Soft Thorns, is a 2005 Syrian series, directed by Rasha Sharbatji, and starring Salma Al-Masri, Salim Sabri, Kosai Khauli. running for 1 season.

Overview

Soft Thorns is a Syrian drama series set in a Damascus girls' high school, where school counselor Hanan serves as the calm center of her students' storms — guiding teenagers through family pressure, social expectations, and the emotional complexities of adolescence. Each student carries a hidden wound, and each episode carefully peels back another layer. But Hanan's own life quietly unravels: a struggling marriage, and after her husband's death, the shocking discovery that he had a secret wife and a seventeen-year-old daughter, turning grief into a desire for revenge. Directed by Rasha Sharbatji and starring Salma Al-Masri and Qusay Khouli, the series is a warm and perceptive Arabic drama about the hidden costs of growing up female in Arab society.

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