Amman-
Amidst the atmosphere of the modern city of Amman and the tourist areas in Jordan, 30 episodes of the contemporary series "A Distance from Love" were filmed, which is shown on the international platform "Viu", Al Sharqiya and Jordan channels, over the days of the holy month of Ramadan.
The events of the series revolve in Riyadh and Jordan, around a love story and social issues, starring "Issam and Abeer".
the story
Issam (a young Saudi man) from Riyadh is making strenuous efforts to convince his family to study media at a Jordanian university, because of what he heard and knew through the Internet about Jordan, and because as a poet, fantasy brides called him to a valley of love in Jordan, influenced by what he read about Jordan and its great history , which he had never seen in his life.
Issam is the eldest son of the family. His mother insists that he stay close to her. She plays a role that almost makes his travels fail. “Aisha” is his cousin and his lover, and he is the one who loves her and writes poems to her. In her hands, and it meets the interest of the two in it.
The father would almost succumb to the mother's pressure, had he not accidentally heard a dialogue between Aisha and Issam's mother about their happiness in influencing Abu Issam, which made him take decisive approval for his son's travel, so that he felt that he was not a game in the hands of the harem.
Issam heads to Jordan as a student at the Faculty of Mass Communication, and despite the seriousness of the study that fills his time, he rushes to learn about Jordan, its nature and its social face.
Issam joins the university's theater group, in which the students of the Department of Performing Arts form a special theatrical body for them, given that they are studying this specialty, and there Abeer meets the Jordanian girl, the daughter of the conservative aristocratic family.
In the first meeting of Issam and Abeer in the theater, each of them comes out with a negative impression of the other, as he tends to direct observations and questions in a meeting with the director, and she considers this not permissible for a non-specialist student, and he sees in it arrogance, which is not originally in it, but it is an area between trust ignorance of the other.
The events of "Away from Love" proceed in the form of a romantic suspense, so will the negative impression turn into a love and a love story?
What is the fate of the young Aisha in Riyadh?
This is what the latest episodes of the series reveal.
Producer Hijjawi: We brought modern Amman to the Arab scenes
And about the events and filming of scenes "a distance from love", Jordanian producer Issam Hijjawi told Al Jazeera Net, "The series is Jordanian and Arab, dealing with emotional problems and their repercussions with parents, as well as social and class conditions that prevent marriage, yet love triumphs when the lover defends His choices, his decisions, his destiny.
He added, "The series team presents episodes that include a love story and social issues in a romantic and suspenseful form, which draws the follower to know the developments of the story until the end."
The photographic lens moved between different places in Jordan, including: the Dead Sea area, the Jordan Valley, the city of Aqaba, and the modern "Amman", "which we deliberately transmitted to the Arab scenes to convey all the variables in it," according to producer Hijjawi.
The series was written by writer Suleiman Abu Sharp, directed by Hossam Hijjawi, and produced by Issam Hijjawi, and a selection of Jordanian, Egyptian, Iraqi and Gulf actors participated in the series, and they are:
From Jordan
: Minya, Omar Al-Damour, Julie, Shaker Jaber, Nour Azzam, Catherine, Diana Rahma, Shaker Jaber, Dina Sahweil, Muhammad Al-Jizawi, Suhair Odeh, Fouad Shomali, Naglaa Sahweil, Rabie Zeitoun, Tala Al-Helou, Khaled Zamamiri, Ghulam Khairat Walid Al-Gezawi.
From Egypt
: Mai Selim and Mona Abdel Ghani.
From Iraq
: Ahmed Khafaji, Solaf Jalil, and Samar Muhammad.
And from Saudi Arabia
: Turki Al-Kraidis, Maryam Al-Ghamdi, Samir Nasser, Ohoud Al-Samer, and Hilda Yassin.
Abeer Al Mudallalah
The Jordanian artist, Minya, plays the role of Abeer in the series’s episodes. She is a quiet character, the only child of two male brothers (Basel and Louay). Her parents agreed to her studying arts only because she is the only pampered and the only one in the family, although her brother (Basel) strongly rejects this, as he has a conservative tendency, and is Four years older than her and a business administration graduate, he wants her to study what can be useful in managing family interests.
The artist, Minya, expresses her admiration for the performance of this character, indicating that "all scenes required focus and diligence on the part of the artists, to come out in a complete manner worthy of us and the viewers."
And about the atmosphere of filming, she says, "The atmosphere of filming is family, and this is not the first time that Professor Essam Hijjawi has brought together Arab actors, and it is a rich experience for all the participants," pointing out that each actor or actress spoke his "dialect."
Basil..a complex character
Jordanian actor Omar Al-Damour plays the role of "Basel", brother of the heroine, Abeer, and reveals to Al-Jazeera Net about the nature of his character in the series, saying: The role is very different from the previous roles that I performed, in which there is a great psychological contract, "a complex personality", whose owner believes that the entire world revolves around him, And he must implement his ideas, a narcissist who thinks she is oppressed, and in reality it is exactly the opposite.
He describes his experience, saying, "I threw all my cards at work, using body language, in facial expressions, style of speech, way of walking, hairstyle, a lot of looking at the mirror from time to time, and other physical gestures that represent Basil's personality."