Shows With Arab, Muslim Characters Go Global
Original TV series based on Arab and Muslim characters are beginning to go global, a Netflix executive said Saturday at the Red Sea Film Festival.
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Original TV series based on Arab and Muslim characters are beginning to go global, a Netflix executive said Saturday at the Red Sea Film Festival.
DUBAI: “The Fastest,” Netflix’s first Arabic-language unscripted series, will debut on Nov. 23. The first season will feature six episodes as participants customize and optimize their cars for drag races across different terrains in the Middle East, with the winning racer receiving a cash reward. “‘The Fastest' is our first unscripted Arab Netflix series and it will deliver on
Is there such a thing as a 'Syrian audience'? 23 December 2020 Syrian journalist and trainer, PhD candidate in media. This is a conversation that took place in Amsterdam between Orwa Nyrabia—co-founder of Dox Box, Proaction Film and No Nation Films, and current artistic director of the International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA)—and Maya Abyad, a journalist, film director and colleague of Mr. Nyrabia. It is the most recent part of a longer discussion maturing between them over a longer period of time. The conversation was edited for flow. We’ve had discussions,...