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Ahmed Salah ElSaadany
Biography
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El Helmeya Nights
A sweeping saga spanning Egyptian history from the era of King Farouk to the early 21st century, Al Helmeya Nights centres on the bitter rivalry between the Al-Badri and Ghanem families in Cairo's Helmeya neighbourhood. Driven by revenge, ambition, and shifting power, the series — written by Osama Anwar Okasha with over 300 actors across six seasons — is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in Arab television drama.
Words on Paper
When a major character is murdered by a hit-man in Beirut, an Egyptian in the city is charged with the crime. Against a backdrop of mystery and suspense, the story continues to unfold until the true culprit is revealed.
Red Sulfur
The events revolve around Officer Mo'taz who is assigned to investigate sudden frequent fire cases at a local neighborhood. There, he quarrels with the sorcerer Shams, after which his life goes from bad to worse.
Ferqet Naji Atallah
A retired Egyptian officer working at the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv decides to plot revenge against Israel for freezing his bank accounts when he objected to its monstrous conduct in Palestine. In Egypt, he recruits five of his former students to rob Israel’s largest bank.
Chi Tutu Restaurant
Where one of the restaurants owned by Adel and his friend Nagaty, after Adel returns from abroad deciding to start a small business that generates income for him, his friend Nagaty offers him a stay.
Lam Shamsiya
Nelly is haunted by terrifying doubts that her stepson may have been harassed by a close family friend. Refusing to stay silent or look the other way, she follows her instincts on a dangerous journey.
This Other Thing
An Arab anthology drama unfolding across six cities — Beirut, Cairo, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dubai, and El Gouna — weaving together separate stories about love in its many forms: right person, wrong time; wrong person, right time; love lost, love deferred. Featuring a stellar pan-Arab cast, each episode is a self-contained meditation on modern relationships and longing.
This Other Thing
An Arab anthology drama unfolding across six cities — Beirut, Cairo, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dubai, and El Gouna — weaving together separate stories about love in its many forms: right person, wrong time; wrong person, right time; love lost, love deferred. Featuring a stellar pan-Arab cast, each episode is a self-contained meditation on modern relationships and longing.
Bad Timing
Yassin is a playboy who vanishes in mysterious circumstances then slips into a coma. As the police investigate his disappearance, everyone around him becomes a suspect, from the girl who loves him obsessively, to his friend who is jealous of him, to his brother who is always fighting with him.
Bad Timing
Yassin is a playboy who vanishes in mysterious circumstances then slips into a coma. As the police investigate his disappearance, everyone around him becomes a suspect, from the girl who loves him obsessively, to his friend who is jealous of him, to his brother who is always fighting with him.
The Doubt
The life of a middle-class family turns upside down when a lawyer contacts them and casts doubt on the paternity of their eldest daughter, which leads the father to suspect his wife's infidelity since the purported father of his daughter was his and his wife's college friend.
You Let Go First
When a video clip spreads in which artist Fadi Salama proposes to fashion designer and influencer Bella Jundi, the latter rushes to her hometown of Alexandria before the news reaches her family.
Al-Helaly's Way
Mustafa Al-Helaly is a university professor and head of the 'Virtue Party', who decides to run for parliament, but his life turns upside down after the retired dancer Sou'ad claims that he's the father of her reckless young daughter Nancy as a result of a one-night stand that happened 20 years ago.
Waad
The series revolves around the idea of choice in general,whether choosing a lifetime partner, or choosing and defining social relationships through dramatic intertwining lines, in a romantic social form.
Welcome Home
Assigned to investigate the revengeful murder of an unknown man, Adam begins to uncover the truth through torn photographs he finds at his house.