Netflix has unveiled the highlights of its Authentic Arabic-language content material for the Center East and North Africa in 2024, with exhibits popping out of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Kuwait and Jordan.
Recent bulletins included the second season of hit female-driven, Kuwaiti finance world drama The Alternate and a 3rd season of unscripted present Dubai Bling, which Netflix promised would “delve deeper” into the lives of the present characters and broaden the “Dubai Bling household”.
Netflix additionally introduced the arrival of Tunisia appearing star Dhafer L’Abidine within the forged of the second season of Hend Sabry’s drama Discovering Ola.
He joins Sabry in a forged additionally that includes Sawsan Badr, Hany Adel, Nada Moussa, Mahmoud El Leithy, Acel Ramzy, Omar Sherif, Yasmina El-Abd and Tarek el Ebiary.
On this new season, because the titular Ola’s enterprise teeters on the sting of collapse, she discovers the necessity to reinvent herself and embarks on a journey that would change her life without end.
Different returning exhibits embody Jordanian highschool drama Al Rawabi Faculty for Ladies, produced by Filmizion Productions and led by showrunner and creator Tima Shomali, with co-creators Shirin Kamal and Islam Alshomali.
Netflix additionally introduced new Saudi kids’s function MasameerJunior, impressed by the hit animated sequence Masameer County.
The function will see its six-year-old protagonists —Trad, Saltooh, and Saad—embark on a adventurous journey to seek out heaven after being terrified by their trainer’s warning in regards to the penalties of being mischievous children.
Additional authentic function movies on the 2024 launch slate embody the Kuwaiti romantic comedy Honeymoonish, starring Egypt’s Nour AlGhandour and Kuwaiti star Mahmoud Boushahri. Written by Eiad Saleh and directed by Elie El Semaan, it will likely be launched early this yr.
The platform can be gearing up for the launch of Saudi actress and filmmaker Fatima Al-Banawi’s directorial debut Basma, wherein she additionally stars.
Delving into psychological well being, the drama revolves round a younger Saudi lady returning to Jeddah after finding out within the U.S., the place she confronts the difficult truths her household had stored from her.
New sequence due out this yr embody Egyptian drama Echoes of the Past starring Mahmoud Hemida and Asser Yassin alongside Saba Mubarak, Sherif Salama, Shereen Reda, Rakeen Saad, Mohamed Tharwat, Mohammed Alaa, Tamer Nabil and Huda Elmufti.
Directed by Al Sadeer Massoud and written by Mohamed el Masry, it follows a person’s quest for vengeance when his sister dies in a seemingly unintentional incident.
The sequence is produced by Charisma Group with Mohammad Mashish serving as the chief producer.
Netflix additionally unveiled a recent tackle the courting present, with the brand new unscripted Emirati title Love Is Blind, Habibi.
Described as “a novel social experiment” it follows younger single Arabs dwelling within the UAE on their quest to seek out real love, with out really seeing the thing of their need face-to-face till the connection deepens.
