It’s almost this time of year when everyone is starting to anticipate what will show up on TV during Ramadan. Ramadan series AKA Mosalsalat are one of the favorite pastimes for Egyptians to spend in their time during the month. And, no matter how cliché some plots may sound to us right now, we know we’ll still watch them when they air. As with every year, the Ramadan series list is overwhelming, leaving us confused about what to watch. We are here to help you decide. Here are our top 9 picks and where to catch them on.
Bel Hagm El 3a2ely (Family-Sized)
This comedy seems like the kind of show you’ll definitely want to watch with your family. It’s about a former diplomat who retires and decides to go after his passion for cooking in his touristic village.
Cast: Yehia El-Fakharany, Mervat Amin, Yousra El Lozy, Ahmed Magdy, Ramzy Lehner
Director: Hala Khalil
Showing On: DMC, Saudi TV Channel
3awalem Khafeya (Hidden Worlds)
Adel Emam is the face of this show and this time he plays an investigative journalist who gets his hands on classified documents that incriminate some powerful people. This is said to be a comedy/drama/thriller series all at the same time so we’re excited to see how that turns out.
Cast: Adel Emam, Fathy Abdelwahab, Heba Magdy, Bushra, Rania Farid Shawky, Salah Abdallah
Director: Ramy Emam
Showing On: CBC, Saudi TV Channel
Ekhtefa’ (Disappearance)
Nelly Karim stars here as a woman who goes on a quest to find out what happened to her husband after he disappears. Yes, this sounds familiar because Grand Hotel had a similar plot idea. The suspenseful trailer definitely piques our interest, though!
Cast: Nelly Karim, Hisham Selim, Basma, Mohamed Mamdouh
Director: Ahmed Medhat
Showing On: DMC
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The plot goes that a medical graduate gets caught up in an antiquity-smuggling scandal, which puts him in an awkward position with his best friend who is a police officer. While the plot doesn’t sound very intriguing, we’re expecting that Amr Youssef’s intense acting will probably make up for that.
Cast: Amr Youssef, Seba Mubarak, Amr Abdel Geleel, Soheir El-Morshedy, Mai El-Gheity, Ahmed Dash
Director: Amr Salama
Showing On: CBC, Saudi TV Channel
Layali Eugenie (The Nights of Eugenie)
This show is about a woman who gets accused of murdering her husband. While some are anticipating that the husband she killed is the brother of the doctor she is falling in love with, we have yet to uncover the mystery. You don’t want to miss this!
Cast: Dhafer L’abidine, Amina Khalil, Engy El Mokadem, Entesar, Mourad Makram, Mariam El Khosht
Director: Hany Khalifa
Showing On: CBC
Ladayna Aqwal Okhra (We Have Other Testimonies)
Despite the controversy surrounding the singer Fadl Shaker to sing the series’ theme song, this mystery series is expected to be a hit. (In all fairness, they eventually retracted the video.) The plot revolves around a legal consultant who gets blamed for the murder of her own son and has to prove her innocence before she has to face the death penalty.
Cast: Yousra, Sherien Reda, Ahmed Hatem, Naglaa Badr, Mohamed Shaheen, Salma Abu Deif, and Hazem Ehab
Director: Mohamed Ali
Showing On: SBC
Foq Al-Sehab (Above The Clouds)
This is about a man who breaks out of prison to take revenge on the woman who betrayed and framed him.
Cast: Hany Salama, Stephanie Saleeba, Ibrahim Nasr, Mona Abdelghani, Afaf Shoeib
Director: Raouf Abdelaziz
Showing On: Al Nahar
Aho Da Elli Sar (That’s What Happened)
While little is known about this plot, we know that it revolves around the struggles of a group of women in Upper Egypt highlighting real problems that women living there go through.
Cast: Ruby, Sawsan Badr, Mohamed Farrag, Arwa Gouda, Ahmed Dawood, Mahmoud El-Bezawy
Director: Hatem Aly
Showing On: On E
Sukk Ala Ekhwatak (Lock Up Your Sisters)
This comedic series is about a man coming from a rural background who has to adjust to a new life after inheriting a fortune and discovering he has sisters he never met before.
Cast: Aly Rabie, Sabry Fawaz, Salwa Khatab, Sahar El Sayegh
Director: Wael Ehsan
Showing On: MBC Masr
