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'On a Hot Plate': Gritty Syrian TV drama tells the story of the country's narcotics trade
star-studded hit series, Ala Safeeh Sakhin (On a Hot Plate), has become a clear sign that the flailing Syrian TV drama industry is vying for a comeback. Ala Safeeh Sakhin – a now omnipresent feature in the war-torn country , according to the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime. The series is Syria’s avant-garde answer to The Sopranos, as it offers an unexplored portrayal of the world of rubbish scavenging and drugs racketeering as narcotics are sold by mobsters on waste collecting routes and hidden in dustbins. Eccentric director Seif Sbei was drawn to the story im...
Source: thenationalnews.com