Lamia Raafat 

Perhaps the level of Ramadan 2020 series ranged between bad and good, and we have not seen a series that can give him an excellent grade with a reassuring conscience, but that does not prevent us from pointing out some of the advantages that this TV season witnessed.

After years of Arab series stories appearing in very narrow frameworks, not far from social stories, melodrama, comedies and a few historical and religious series, this year witnessed a great diversity in both topics and "dramatic genres", so we saw series in the category of science fiction, movement, excitement and suspense.

Sci-fi

The end series is considered the first Arab science fiction series. Arab drama was presented by series in which science mixed with comedy with myths and fantasy, so we cannot classify it as the science fiction.

The events of the series revolve a century from now in the year 2120, in which humans suffer from a great energy crisis, and one of the engineers tries to find a solution to this crisis, but the world is no longer the same as it is, where the viewer finds himself in a scary dystopia world (the world of evil), in which he is disturbed Power scales.

The series, starring Youssef Al Sharif, Amr Abdel Galil, Sahar Al Sayegh, Ahmed Wafik, Nahed Al Sebaei, written by Amr Samir Atef, and directed by Yasser Sami. In spite of the initiative that deserves the admiration of the series makers, he won negative criticism from some viewers on social media because of his lack of commitment to logic or scientific accuracy in some places.

Stealing

We have seen films of theft in Arab cinema in works like "Sons of Rizk" recently, but in TV series it did not spread much despite being a dramatic genre that does not need a large production budget such as science fiction, as much as it needs a mix of intelligence in screenwriting and management Actors.

This year we watched the series "With 100 Wash", directed by Kamel Abu Zekra, written by Ahmed Wael and Amr El Dali, and starring Aser Yassin and Nelly Karim. It revolves around Sukkar and Omar, both of whom professionally defrauded the monument alone, but together they formed an indomitable gang, which managed to mix theft and crime with subtle shadow.

The series attracted attention at the beginning of Ramadan, to quickly become the black horse, as it dazzled viewers with the smooth and intelligent text as well as the complete management of Abu Zekri for a large number of actors to appear even underwhelmed ones like the stars with the rediscovery of Nelly Karim and Aser Yassin.

Although the level of work in the episodes ranged after ten, and it did not continue at the same level of quality, it maintained its popularity and leadership on social networking sites, and it is topped by the "Trend" on Twitter several times.

Action

Action or action films have become the highest revenue in Egyptian cinema in recent years, after comedy films have seized this position for many years, and it is time for this success to be transmitted to the TV medium, and in 2020 both “eyewitness” and “choice” were shown in this category. .

The first series, "Shahid Ayan", starring Hassan Al-Raddad, Basma, Hala Shiha, and written by Ahmed Magdi and directed by Mohamed Abdel-Rahman Hamaki. It revolves around a police officer who kidnaps his journalist wife, and the kidnappers delude her that she was killed, but he discovers the deception and searches for it, during which their fate clashes with many criminal operations.

Despite the promising teaser of the series, he could not prove himself in the Ramadan season filled with various works, and therefore many fans ignored him, and he may have a better chance after Ramadan to replay.

As for the second series, "The Choice", which is the biggest rival of the series "The End" in the production budget, photography techniques and visual effects, it deals with a true story about Ahmed Saber Al-Mansi, the commander of the 103rd Battalion, who was among the victims of the Perth Square ambush in the Egyptian city of Rafah, and presents the series Stations in the life of Mansi and the tasks he performed, and a combination of documentary scenes and other pictures.

The series, starring Amir Karara, Ahmed Al-Awadi and Dina Fouad, written by Bahir Dowidar and directed by Peter Mimi, has achieved reasonable public success with provoking a lot of controversy on social networking sites for non-dramatic characterization of his characters between evil and good, as well as long direct monologues by the main character.

Excitement and suspense

Excitement and excitement, such as theft, of the types that do not need high budget budgets, so they are suitable for TV series provided that they are written well that attracts the attention of viewers throughout the thirtieth episodes, and during the month of Ramadan 2020 two works were submitted that fall under this classification, but one of them succeeded in his intent and the other Largely failed.

The first series is "Hos" starring Abed Fahd and Heba Tuji, written by Naya Al Ahmar and directed by Mohamed Lotfi. The events revolve around a plastic surgeon whose wife he adores falls into a long coma, which leads him to a disturbed psychological state that leads him to do things that complicate his life and the lives of those around him.

The series is an excellent experience in excitement and suspense, as it drew the attention of viewers throughout the episodes to track Dr. Ziyad's unexpected behavior and his journey to rediscover himself and his semi-late, past and future wife, and this was helped by the fact that the series is only 11 episodes, not exposed to stretching or trying to fill the episodes with events and subnets The viewer gets bored.

On the contrary, the series “When We Was Young” presented a theme that is very well known in this genre, and it revolves in general around a group of friends who share a long relationship, and they maintain secrets that strengthen their relationship and at the same time are considered their weak point, which cultivates a mix of love and fear of treachery.

The series is starring Mahmoud Hamida, Khaled Al Nabawi, Reham Hajjaj, Nisreen Amin, Nabeel Issa, Karim Qasim, and written by Ayman Salama and directed by Muhammad Ali. And he raised a lot of controversy before the show because of his poster that Reham Hajjaj appeared in front of the two stars who are older and experienced, and this controversy was expected to end with high observations, but the reactions to the series were negative.