Bye Bye Arab
A dark Kuwaiti comedy that follows "Arab," an idealist who embarks on a fantastical journey with "Marjan the Genie" to unite the Arab world—only to confront a reality far from his hopes.
A dark Kuwaiti comedy that follows "Arab," an idealist who embarks on a fantastical journey with "Marjan the Genie" to unite the Arab world—only to confront a reality far from his hopes.
AbdulHusain AbdulRedha
عرب
Hayat Al-Fahad
أم كلثوم
Saleh Hamad
عم عرب / دولار عبدالغني
Dawood Hussein
مرجان
Mohamed Hassan
Abdullah Al-Sallman
Kathem Al-Zamil
Amal Abbas
Ali Sultan
A dark Kuwaiti comedy that follows "Arab," an idealist who embarks on a fantastical journey with "Marjan the Genie" to unite the Arab world—only to confront a reality far from his hopes.
Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. Mahmud, who is not exactly a devout Muslim, he drinks alcohol, and does not pray five times, but does agree that he will appease Arshad, without whose approval the marriage cannot take place. Shortly thereafter Mahmud, while going over his recently deceased mother's documents, will find out that he was adopted, his birth parents were Jewish, and his name is actually Solly Shimshillewitz.
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