After a relative decline over the past years

Drama turns to novels ... and seeks refuge in "Naguib Mahfouz"

• Reham Abdel Ghafour is slated to play the lead role "So that the smoke does not fly."

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• Amr Youssef is a candidate for the "King" championship.

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The screen is currently witnessing a strong return to the series based on famous Arab fictional works, after a relative decline in this type of work over the past years. It is striking that the lion’s share of the works that are being implemented by the late Egyptian Nobel Prize-winning novelist Naguib Mahfouz, and most of these series managed to reserve a place It is included in the dramatic map of Ramadan 2021, or for display on digital platforms.

Among the most prominent dramas taken from a fictional origin:

The series "The King", based on Naguib Mahfouz's novel "Good Struggle", is produced by Synergy and Aroma companies. The script and dialogue written for him by Muhammad, Khaled and Sherine Diab, and directed by Hussein al-Manbawi.

"The King", who was nominated for his heroism by artist Amr Youssef, deals with the story of the hero Ahmose and expelled the Hyksos from Egypt, and is the first true pharaonic work of the modern generation that realistically deals with the life of the ancient Egyptians, according to what Tamer Mortada explained in previous statements to him, describing the work as one The largest and most important production of Synergy and Aroma for the Ramadan 2021 drama season.

In addition to the story of the struggle of the people of Thebes (southern Egypt), led by the hero Ahmose, the novel deals with the story of his love for the daughter of his enemy, the King of the Hyksos, despite his victory, the image of that princess coming from the desert was not lost on his mind, whose features remained engraved in his heart as the first day he saw her on the back The Pharaonic ship, however, sacrifices his passion for the sake of kindness and the liberation of his homeland.

The novel "Good Struggle" is the last Pharaonic novel by Naguib Mahfouz, before turning to social novels. It was first published in 1944, and it is the third among Mahfouz's historical novels after "The Absurdity of Fate" in 1939 and "Radobis" 1943.

In a broken elevator

The great novelist, Naguib Mahfouz, is also expected to attend next Ramadan through the series "Between Al-Sama and Al-Ard", based on his story of the same title, produced by Synergy, according to what was announced by scriptwriter Islam Hafez through his Facebook account. Director Mohamed Al-Adl wrote on his Facebook account: “In the name of God, a series between the sky and the earth, about the story of Naguib Mahfouz, the scenario and dialogue of Islam Hafez, the general supervision of Hussam Shawky, production of Tamer Morsi, Ramadan 2021, God willing, the series is very large and its heroes will be Surprise".

The events of the novel revolve around a group of people whose elevator breaks down a building in Cairo, and between them there are many situations that reveal the personality of each of them until they are rescued.

"Cairo"

"Cairo", which was announced last week during the El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt, comes as inspiration for its events from five novels by Naguib Mahfouz as well, which are "New Cairo", "The Thief and the Dogs", "Karnak", "Gossip Over the Nile", and "The Road".

The work will be written by the author, Maryam Naoum, directed by Tamer Mohsen and the production of IProductions, provided that the series includes several parts, each part consisting of eight episodes, and will be shown on an electronic platform in 2022.

«So that the smoke does not fly»

Regarding the novel of the late writer Ihssan Abdel Quddous, Al-Adl Group announced the presentation of the series “So that the smoke does not fly”, which came out of the Ramadan 2020 race, but stopped before starting its filming, and until now the fate of the work that was contracted with artist Mustafa Shaaban to do With a starring role in it and with the artist Reham Abdel Ghafour, provided that the writer Medhat Al Adl will write the script and dialogue, and direct the director of Mando Al Adl.

The "Netflix" platform also started, the day before yesterday, the showing of the Egyptian series "Beyond Nature", which is produced by Mohamed Hefzy, and a screenplay directed by Amr Salama.

It stars Ahmed Amin with Razan Al-Gammal.

Salama revealed, in the past days, the titles of six episodes of the series, which are: “The Legend of the House,” “The Legend of the Curse of the Pharaohs,” “The Legend of the Cave Guard,” “The Legend of Cavemanship,” “The Legend of the Jathoom,” and “The Legend of Return. Home ».

Debating «So that the smoke does not fly»

An advertisement for the series "So that the Smoke Does Not Fly" sparked controversy, as some compared it to the film that was presented about the novel "So that the Smoke Does Not Fly" and with the same title in 1984, from the screenplay of Mustafa Muharram and directed by Ahmed Yahya, starring Adel Imam and the artist Soheir Ramzi.

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- 5 Mahfouz's novels as well, from which he will be inspired by the series "Cairo".

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