CAIOR – – Netflix Inc. will on Thursday debut its first Egyptian television series ‘Paranormal’, a major step in the streaming service’s Middle Eastern strategy.
The series is based on Egyptian novelist Ahmed Khaled Tawfik’s book about a doctor whose lifelong scientific convictions are suddenly called into question. His critically acclaimed novels in Arabic have sold more than 15 million copies.
‘Our plan is: invest in Arab creators, in Arab production, in Arab content. We have announced for projects, plus ‘Paranormal’, said Ahmed Sharkawi, director of Arabic and African original series at Netflix.
Paranormal centres around Rafaat Ismail, a cynical doctor with a dark wit and whose convictions about the natural world are put to the test when he begins to experience paranormal activities.
‘This is one of my life’s projects. I loved (the novels) since I was a kid…We’ve been trying to get (a series) out since 2006, so finally it has been shown to the audience’, said Amr Salama, co-producer on the show along with Mohamed Hefzy.
Egypt was historical dubbed the ‘Hollywood of the Middle East’ and produces the most Arabic film and television series which are viewed across the region.
‘We are a global platform…so this is an opportunity that is different from any other opportunity we’ve worked. We can now have fans from other regions, other countries, who speak other language’, said Ahmed Amin who plays the show’s protagonist.
Netflix has said it expects to complete shooting over 150 productions by the end of the year and that it would release more original programming in each quarter of 2021 compared with 2020.
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