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Arab "Netflix" content ... the road to globalism is fraught with "identity" dangers

• The series "The Platform" is an Emirati production that embodies the conflicts of information and media warfare affecting people's daily lives.

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Since the global Netflix platform announced the showing of the series "Jinn", the first original Arabic series of its production in mid-2019, the Arabic content on the network has witnessed an increasing growth, and has witnessed a great diversity in its content, even if it is mostly the thrilling comedy character.

Despite much enthusiasm that Netflix's support for Arabic content will open up global horizons for it and take it to a professional level at all levels, this enthusiasm is similar to the fear that this interest may dictate a loss of identity.

Despite the widespread controversy raised by "Jinn", a fictional thriller series, which consists of six episodes, and its story revolves around teenagers who discover a genie in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra, which has turned into a severe attack and accusations of presenting a picture described as a deformation of Jordanian youth and society, this attack did not Netflix is ​​prohibited from announcing the production of other works, most notably the series "Beyond Nature", which is the first Egyptian series it produced, and it is inspired by the series of novels that bore the same name by the late writer Ahmed Khaled Tawfiq.

Fajita

"Netflix" recently announced its cooperation with the famous doll "Abla Fajita" to produce its second Egyptian original series. The series "Abla Fajita" reviews the human side of this character, in a social comic framework, and the episodes revolve around the adventures of "Abla Fajita" the brilliant star who Her light shone among the Arab masses, but her situation was turned upside down after she found herself desperate of justice and society.

To be so, this series is the first work of this character in the world of drama after it achieved fame, through the presentation of television programs.

Netflix also announced its cooperation with actress Hend Sabry, to produce a new artwork to be added to the Arabic content on the network’s list of productions, which is a comedy drama series, through which Sabry goes through her first experience as an executive producer, through her company SALAM Production, in addition to With its heroism, it revolves around Arab women and their issues.

Encourage and reserve

Drama makers and critics considered that the popularity of Netflix and other viewing platforms for Arabic content will contribute to the development of artistic production to become more professional and quality, whether in terms of interest in artistic elements, such as photography, decoration, lighting, sound, etc., or the direction of some makers The content to present series ranging between eight and 15 episodes, which removes the complex of 30 episodes.

On the other hand, some expressed their fear that the makers of the drama would tend to present works of a global nature, similar to other foreign works, in order to be able to reach a large segment of the audience of different nationalities, which may lose these works of their local and Arab character, and graduate Without an identity that binds her to her communities.

Some indicated that focusing most of the works that are accepted by the audience of display platforms on the Internet on suspense and mysterious and exciting events, may create a similarity between what is produced, and lead to a decline in the producers' interest in works that address different ideas from this framework.

Various offers

The Arab presence did not stop on "Netflix" on displaying the original productions, as it tended to show many Arab and Gulf works, perhaps the most recent of which is the Emirati series "The Platform", which is scheduled to be shown in the first days of this September, and all its scenes were filmed in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi. It was written by the writer Hosan Akko, and the task of directing was undertaken by a team of directors, headed by German Rodrigo Kishner, and the general and artistic supervision of the director and producer, Mansour Al-Yebhouni Al-Dhaheri, and the series includes a group of Arab stars and artists, to embody the information warfare and media struggles affecting the daily lives of people in a bold and exciting way ,

Also from the UAE, content maker Mohamed Saeed Hareb announced that the "Freej" animated series, which is the first 3D animation series in the region, has become available on Netflix and is also available in Japan, becoming the first Arab show ever to be dubbed into Japanese.

«Whispers»

"Netflix" is currently showing the series "Wasous", which is the first Saudi work to be shown on the platform. It consists of eight episodes, and its events revolve around a family facing doubts surrounding the death of its elder "Hassan", who discover that his past is full of strange events and secrets, directed by Saudi Hanaa Al-Omair, and a group of Arab actors, including Abdul-Mohsen Nimer, Ali Al-Sharif, Osama Al-Qass, Shaima Al-Fadl, Maysoon Al-Ruwaili, Ilham Ali, Nada Tawheed, Noor Al-Anbar, Laila Arabi, and others will participate in the tournament.

Display rights

Webedia Arabia Group announced that Netflix has obtained the rights to show the Saudi drama series "Taki", which tells the story of a young Saudi man who dreams of becoming a film director in a country that used to ban cinema, in addition to many other social issues, such as the inability of women to lead Cars at that time, written and produced by Mohamed (Angie) Makki.

The past month of Ramadan also saw Arab dramas premiering on the platform.

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