diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index a8be636240..7459a19445 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ from .senateisvp import SenateISVPIE
 from .servingsys import ServingSysIE
 from .sexu import SexuIE
 from .sexykarma import SexyKarmaIE
+from .shahid import ShahidIE
 from .shared import SharedIE
 from .sharesix import ShareSixIE
 from .sina import SinaIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/shahid.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/shahid.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e9903d5ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/shahid.py
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..utils import (
+    ExtractorError,
+    int_or_none,
+    parse_iso8601,
+)
+
+
+class ShahidIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://shahid\.mbc\.net/ar/episode/(?P<id>\d+)/?'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://shahid.mbc.net/ar/episode/90574/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%85-1-%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8-3.html',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '90574',
+            'ext': 'm3u8',
+            'title': 'الملك عبدالله الإنسان الموسم 1 كليب 3',
+            'description': 'الفيلم الوثائقي - الملك عبد الله الإنسان',
+            'duration': 2972,
+            'timestamp': 1422057420,
+            'upload_date': '20150123',
+        },
+        'params': {
+            # m3u8 download
+            'skip_download': True,
+        }
+    }, {
+        # shahid plus subscriber only
+        'url': 'https://shahid.mbc.net/ar/episode/90511/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7-2011-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%85-1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A9-1.html',
+        'only_matching': True
+    }]
+
+    def _handle_error(self, response):
+        if not isinstance(response, dict):
+            return
+        error = response.get('error')
+        if error:
+            raise ExtractorError(
+                '%s returned error: %s' % (self.IE_NAME, '\n'.join(error.values())),
+                expected=True)
+
+    def _download_json(self, url, video_id, note='Downloading JSON metadata'):
+        response = super(ShahidIE, self)._download_json(url, video_id, note)['data']
+        self._handle_error(response)
+        return response
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+
+        api_vars = {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'type': 'player',
+            'url': 'http://api.shahid.net/api/v1_1',
+            'playerType': 'episode',
+        }
+
+        flashvars = self._search_regex(
+            r'var\s+flashvars\s*=\s*({[^}]+})', webpage, 'flashvars', default=None)
+        if flashvars:
+            for key in api_vars.keys():
+                value = self._search_regex(
+                    r'\b%s\s*:\s*(?P<q>["\'])(?P<value>.+?)(?P=q)' % key,
+                    flashvars, 'type', default=None, group='value')
+                if value:
+                    api_vars[key] = value
+
+        player = self._download_json(
+            'https://shahid.mbc.net/arContent/getPlayerContent-param-.id-%s.type-%s.html'
+            % (video_id, api_vars['type']), video_id, 'Downloading player JSON')
+
+        formats = self._extract_m3u8_formats(player['url'], video_id, 'mp4')
+
+        video = self._download_json(
+            '%s/%s/%s?%s' % (
+                api_vars['url'], api_vars['playerType'], api_vars['id'],
+                compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+                    'apiKey': 'sh@hid0nlin3',
+                    'hash': 'b2wMCTHpSmyxGqQjJFOycRmLSex+BpTK/ooxy6vHaqs=',
+                }).encode('utf-8')),
+            video_id, 'Downloading video JSON')
+
+        video = video[api_vars['playerType']]
+
+        title = video['title']
+        description = video.get('description')
+        thumbnail = video.get('thumbnailUrl')
+        duration = int_or_none(video.get('duration'))
+        timestamp = parse_iso8601(video.get('referenceDate'))
+        categories = [
+            category['name']
+            for category in video.get('genres', []) if 'name' in category]
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': description,
+            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+            'duration': duration,
+            'timestamp': timestamp,
+            'categories': categories,
+            'formats': formats,
+        }