THAHERs

Education

Engineering and Art

Thaher completed his secondary education in the scientific branch with excellence in 2000 in Nablus, Palestine.
He studied architecture at An-Najah National University in 2002 and graduated in 2007.
He studied contemporary acting and directing in 2008. Thaher joined the Lebanon International Film Academy in Beirut in 2017 and completed his studies in 2019

His career

Home and Abroad

Thaher began his career in architecture and founded his own engineering company , "Maxcom" where he excelled in designing numerous architectural projects within Palestine, alongside his artistic career.
In 2011, he began working as the Director of TV Production at Wattan TV in Ramallah, where he remained until 2014, producing many programs, series, and investigative films that were broadcast on various Palestinian and Arab satellite channels.
In 2014, Thaher established his own production company , "Fenjan Al Balad", and faced severe harassment from the Palestinian National Authority due to his satirical series "Fenjan Al Balad" and his political satirical program "Zinko".
Consequently , he relocated to Jordan to continue his work there.
In 2014, the Jordanian Roya TV channel contracted Thaher to produce series and programs.
In 2015, Alaraby Television Network in London engaged him to produce series and programs in Jordan.
In 2017, Thaher transitioned to work as a Senior Producer of Entertainment Programs at Sama Production in Beirut.
By 2019, Thaher had become the Director of International Production at An-Najah National University (Media Center) and NBC TV.

Beginnings

Architecture and Theatre

In the 1990s, Thaher was an active student in school theater and various activities.
The state chose him in 1998 to represent Palestine in the Cairo Competition of Standard Language and Oratory, where he received the golden shield at the level of the Arab world.
When Thaher enrolled in architecture at An-Najah National University, he established the university's theater with his college colleagues , through which he performed many black comedies inside and outside Palestine.
In 2009, Palestinian director Fathi Abdel Rahman chose him to be the main actor in his play "There on the Other Shore, " which was shown at the Alexandria Arab Youth Festival and won the first prize.
In 2013, Thaher produced and directed his first television series, "Fenjan Al Balad - Season One, " which achieved great success and marked an important point in Thaher 's artistic career, after which he produced dozens of series and television programs in several countries.

Arrested by the Palestinian Authority

Cybercrime Law Trial

In August 2018, Abdulahman Thaher was arrested at the Palestinian crossings upon his arrival from Lebanon to Palestine due to an immediate arrest warrant against him for his satirical and critical programs that he produced outside Palestine. He was then released by the Palestinian Public Prosecution for lack of a clear indictment.
In the same year, Palestinian intelligence summoned Thaher multiple times to interrogate him about his TV works, which he produced outside Palestine.
In August 2020, the Palestinian Preventive Security arrested Thaher at night in front of his workplace while leaving An-Najah National University, and he was placed in solitary confinement under intensive investigation for a month and a half on charges of defaming the Palestinian Authority in his TV works.

Media hype and calls for release

Protests in front of the court and the Prime Minister's building

Some Palestinian activists, human rights defenders, and journalists organized intense protests against the arrest of Thaher by the Palestinian Authority in August and September 2020, as well as against the harsh conditions of his detention and the deterioration of his health. They stood in front of the court building in Nablus and in front of the Palestinian Prime Minister's office in Ramallah.
Thaher's arrest has become a topic of public discussion on social media, as well as in Palestinian, Arab , and foreign media. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights monitored the case, along with international human rights organizations. At that time, the Palestinian Authority was accused of violating rights to expression and opinion and fabricating charges against political activists and opposition journalists, which compelled the court to conditionally release Thaher in September 2020 and allow his trial to proceed under the Cybercrime Law.

Arrested by Israel

Less than a month after his release from the prisons of the Palestinian Authority

Less than a month after Thaher's release from Palestinian Authority prisons, an Israeli army force arrested him from his home in Nablus in October 2020 and interrogated him about his TV work outside of Palestine. A month later, the Israeli court decided to release him

An acquittal of all charges

Two years of trials

In January 2022, after a year and a half of the trial, the Nablus Court sentenced Thaher to prison on charges of defaming the Palestinian Authority.
This sentence caused significant reactions among journalists and activists, as well as the intervention of international human rights organizations to protect Thaher and halt the execution of the sentence.
They wrote to the leadership of the Palestinian Authority to stop the attacks on him and other journalists and cease violations against the political opposition.
As a result, the implementation of the ruling was suspended until the legal team was able to file an appeal against the ruling, and Thaher obtained a verdict of complete acquittal of all charges against him, issued by the Court of Appeal after a trial that lasted two years.

His works

TV, theater and radio works

Series
Fenjan Al Balad (Three seasons)
Sukaj (Two seasons)
In the Presence of Justice
What's up

Programs
Ghabash (Three seasons)
Trick (Two seasons)
Archives
Elak Walla Ladeeb (Lebanon Season)
Mulberry Tree
48 Talents
Accordingly
Hilal and Mawal (Lebanon Season)
Mute

Radio
In Court Series
That's What We Heard

Plays
Memory Page
Flashback
There on the Other Shore

Animation
Abu Saleh Cartoon Series

Films and Investigations
Pain Brokers
Steadfast
Unmarked Cell
Dalal is not dead
Nablus is pain and hope
Snapshot