In Time of Fear, everything begins with a personal decision that quietly detonates an entire world.
Fadel, a customs officer who has spent years navigating corruption, suddenly chooses to stop. He leaves his second wife Badia, abandons bribery, and retreats into an archive job—seeking redemption, perhaps even faith. But instead of peace, his choice fractures the fragile balance of his family.
His children embody a generation in conflict:
Sobhi, the eldest, a livestock trader operating in morally ambiguous territory;
Hussein, a university student and leftist fighter whose revolutionary ideals collide with a shifting political reality;
Zakia (Zizi), who rejects her father’s legacy and reinvents herself;
and Zahra, who turns to religion in search of certainty.
Set against the backdrop of major regional upheavals—from the invasion of Beirut to the Gulf War—the series transforms geopolitical events into intimate, personal ruptures.
But Time of Fear is more than a family drama. It is a sweeping portrait of a society at the edge of ideological collapse—
where beliefs fade, identities fracture, and fear becomes the only shared language.
In this world, no one escapes untouched: each character must confront the cost of their choices—or the cost of history itself.
Inas Hakki