Syrian series leads to dismissal and investigation of three officials

Al Bawaba

25-04-2025

Published April 25th, 2025 - 12:04 GMT
ALBAWABA - Three Damascus University officials were removed after unauthorized filming of the series "Under the Seventh Earth" sparked major controversy.
"Under the Seventh Earth" is a television series that ultimately results in the removal of three Syrian government officials.
At Damascus University, three officials have been removed from their positions by an investigating commission of the Syrian government. They were found guilty of assisting the shooting of sequences from the series "Under the Seventh Earth" at its offices without authorization, which is a case that has created enormous controversy during the course of its investigation and prosecution.
When the director of the Damascus University Classification Office, Marwan Al-Rai, filed his resignation last month, he did so in protest at the breaching of his office lock and the shooting of scenes from the series there without his approval. This brought the problem to light on the previous month.
"Under the Seventh Earth"
Al-Rai said that the inquiry committee that was looking into the storming of the classification office in order to shoot the television series during the month of Ramadan carried out the conclusions of the investigation yesterday, Thursday, by removing three directors from their posts at Damascus University.
The director of security at the university is one of the directors that was fired, according to Al-Rai, who shared this information on his Facebook account.
مدير التصنيف في جامعة دمشق، مروان الراعي، كشف عن أمر غير مستحب، بسبب مسلسل 'تحت سابع أرض' للفنان السوري تيم حسن ومواطنته الممثلة كاريس بشار، والذي تم تصوير أحد مشاهده في داخل مكتبه، مما أدى لضياع أوراق مهمة لها علاقة بملف التقديم إلى اعتمادية الاتحاد الأوروبي. pic.twitter.com/AJVOjhdHKZ — Souria Post - سوريا بوست (@souriapost) April 6, 2025
He stated that the inquiry demonstrated that the three directors were involved in aiding the admission of the staff of the series and left them alone to break and remove the lock, which led to the loss of university accreditation files in addition to other data. According to him, the investigation established that the three directors were involved.
A month ago, Al-Ra'i said that the classification office, whose door was smashed down and the cast entered, had "more than 157,550 pieces of university data and information, in addition to exam papers whose results are awaited by university students." This information was disclosed when Al-Ra'i submitted his resignation.
In his letter of resignation, he also gave further information regarding the event, including the fact that the office was emptied of its belongings while the series was being filmed inside.
This past Ramadan, the television series "Under the Seventh Earth" was shown. Among the actors who appear in it are Tim Hassan, Karis Bashar, Mona Wassef, Anas Tayara, Joan Khader, Sarah Baraka, Majd Fadda, and Tayseer Idris. The script was written by Omar Abu Saada, and Samer Al-Barqawi was the director of the film.
The events that take place in "Under the Seventh Earth" take place in the present day in Syria. They focus on themes of social strife and corruption in a neighborhood in Damascus that is inhabited by people of working-class backgrounds, as well as the suffering of Syrians who are forced to live in very terrible circumstances.
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