To avoid sacrilege, the series employed a unique solution:

Filming took place primarily across Morocco , utilizing extensive custom-built historical sets in Marrakesh , Tangier, El Jadida, and Casablanca to recreate 7th-century Mecca and Medina.

The (also known as Omar ) is a landmark 30-episode historical Arabic-language television miniseries that chronicles the epic life of Umar ibn al-Khattab , the second Caliph of Islam. Co-produced by the MBC Group and Qatar TV , the series made media history upon its release during Ramadan in 2012 as one of the most expensive and ambitious television productions ever created in the Arab world.