TV

Masameer: How a zany YouTube cartoon captured the pulse of a changing Saudi Arabia

The show is not only the funniest Arab cartoon in history, it’s the most critical series the Gulf has ever made

Egypt is a broken country. Netflix’s Cleopatra provocation is the last thing it needs

Fighting over Cleopatra's ancestry is futile

Ahmed D Dardir

Syrian drama breaks taboo with brutal portrayal of Assad-like family

The origins of Black Cleopatra and why Egyptians are angry at the Netflix show

Ramadan TV 2023: Arab alpha males, dodgy sheikhs and toothless comedies

The best ever Ramadan TV series from across the Arab world

The Holy Land and Us: BBC documentary a 'monumental' moment for Palestinians

Why Palestine matters to Netflix (and why Netflix matters to Palestinians)

Netflix's Dubai Bling: Glitz, glamour and the shallow lives of the nouveau riche

Ramy season three: Wiser, more tortured, but just as misguided

Mo and Sabra: Hollywood discovers the Palestinian, while 'genderwashing' Israeli apartheid

Nada Elia

Why Netflix's Mo is Hollywood’s most authentic Arab-American portrait on TV

‘A milestone’: Social media reacts to Mo Amer’s new Netflix show

Marvel's Moon Knight receives eight Emmy nominations

Six things we learned from Arab TV shows this Ramadan

The pro-Sisi Ramadan TV drama provoking accusations of revisionism

Squid Game: A capitalist nightmare of all against all

Ahmed D Dardir

Money Heist: Calls to boycott Netflix drama after actors praise Israel

Ramadan TV: Seven things we learned from the 2021 shows

Iraq War documentary and drama pick up multiple BAFTA TV nominations