Drama talk
“From Al Haram Street to” angers Egyptians, Kuwaitis and Syrians
Between accusations of demolishing the values, morals and traditions on which the Gulf society grew up years ago, and a tribute to presenting realistic models that live in society, the series “From Al Haram Street to”, continues to be published by “Trend” through social networking sites since the beginning of the month of Ramadan, and even before the beginning of its presentation. .
The controversy over the work began early with the launch of its first promotional advertisement, in which an Egyptian dancer, played by the artist Nour Al-Ghandour, appeared, trying to kidnap a Kuwaiti husband from his family in greed for his money, which some considered an insult to the reputation of Egyptian women, so they launched a “hashtag” to demand that the series be banned. .
In response to this attack, Nour Al-Ghandour came out to defend the work, calling on the audience to wait until his performance begins and then judge it.
With the beginning of the show, the criticism returned again, while Nour contented himself with publishing pictures from behind the scenes of the filming and the celebration of the series' work team at the end of filming and the high viewership achieved by the work.
And she commented: "After you, you have not seen anything, and you have left in front of me."
The series also sparked a storm of resentment and attack among the Kuwaiti public, who accused its makers of abusing society, presenting extraneous behaviors on it and inconsistent with religion or the customs, traditions and values prevailing in it. The demand that a number of Kuwaiti National Assembly representatives and jurists called for, wondering how it was allowed to film an act that harms Kuwait.
In its response, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information announced: “The ado about one of the television works broadcast by one of the stations is produced by a non-Kuwaiti company, and that the work has not been approved by the Ministry of Information, and that it was filmed outside Kuwait and shown on platforms abroad".
Media reports stated that the ministry decided to take measures to hold accountable all employees of the ministry who participated in the series “From Al Haram Street to” without official permission.
The Minister of Information, Dr. Hamad Rouh Al-Din, also issued directives to all sectors of the ministry not to contract or host any of the participants in the controversial series.
For its part, the “Shahid” platform deleted the seventh episode of the series after the widespread attack launched by the audience because of a scene in which the artist Laila Abdullah appeared, which was likened to the scene of the artist Mona Zaki in the movie “Friends and My Dearest”, which caused a stir, and then the platform re-presented Episode after scene was deleted.
The work returned to arouse the anger of Syrian activists, after the artist Mohammed Ramadan, who plays the role of "Nizar", appeared and explained to his mother that his marriage from Syria to his first wife was not due to his desire for her, but because he "loved to cover her and protect her from the cold of tents and hunger," which is what Some considered him racist, and their attack focused on the director of the work, Muthanna Sobh, who is a Palestinian-Syrian, and the Palestinian-Syrian artist, Rawaa Al-Saadi, who plays the role of the second wife.
Technically, the followers of the controversy that accompanied the work since the beginning of its announcement was not surprising to the creators of the series, but rather they worked to present a work that provokes a storm of controversy at various levels. Which can achieve balance in the proposition, as well as the proposition characterized by boldness and transcending the norm in Gulf drama, which is not new to its author, writer Heba Mishari Hamadeh, who presented controversial works, including “Cairo Batch”, “Beirut Batch” and “Abdeen Saray”. and others.
team work
Participating in the “From Al-Haram Street to” tournament: Hoda Hussein, Khaled Al-Buraiki, Nour Al-Ghandour, Laila Abdullah, Maram Al-Balushi, Ahmed Iraj, Abdul Mohsen Al-Qaffas, Lulwa Al-Mulla, Farah Al-Sarraf, Khaled Al-Shaer, Nour Al-Sheikh, Iman Al-Husseini, Nasser Al-Dosari, and others .
From a technical point of view, followers of the controversy that accompanied the work since the beginning of its announcement were not surprising to the creators of the series, who sought a controversial work.
• Nour Al-Ghandour published pictures from behind the scenes and the series' team celebrated the end of filming and the high viewership rates, and commented: "After you, you haven't seen anything, and the wait is ahead."
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