"Faat El Maad" Will Premiere Earlier Than Expected
Yara Sameh
Egyptian stars Asma Abulyazeid and Ahmed Magdy's upcoming TV series "Faat El Maad" is coming a day earlier than planned.
Now, instead of premiering on Saturday, June 14, the series will launch the day prior on Friday, June 13 on the "Watch It" streaming platform.
The drama consists of 30 episodes and marks the second collaboration between the pair after the 2019 TV series "El Anesa Farah".
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"Faat El Maad" also stars Mahmoud El-Bezzawy, Ahmed Safwat, Salwa Mohamed Ali,Mohamed Ali Rizk, Ahmed Safwat, Hager Afifi, Mohamed Abu Dawood, Walaa El Sherif, and more.
Saad Hendawy directed the series from a script by Atef Nashed, Islam Adham, and Nasser Abdel Hamid. Square Media is the studio behind the drama.
"Faat El Maad" is set to debut on the "DMC" satellite TV channel at 08:00 PM on Saturday, June 14.
Abulyazeid, born on July 10, 1990, has liked acting since young, but could not act in her school because there was no school theater, something that became available in college where she studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts.
She participated in a large number of theatrical performances that were displayed at the Hanager Theater and competed for the Sheikh Sultan Al Qasimi Award for Best Theater Show in 2016.
In 2017, Abulyazeid drew attention through her performance as Toka in the TV series "Hadha Almasa" (This Evening).
Her TV credits also include "Al Nas" (2024), "Touba" (2022), "Al Ekhteyar 2: Regal El Zel" (2021), Hogan" (2019), "Zodiac" (2019), "Layali Eugenie" (2018), and "'Ana shahira ... 'ana alkhayin" (2017).
Abulyazeid is also known for her roles in films such as "El Daawa Ammah" (2022), "Laylat Amar 14"(2022), "Mousa" (2021), "30 March" (2021), "El Kowayeseen" (2018), and "Hadha almasa'" (2017).
Along with her acting career, Abulyazeid participated in the band "Bahjja" and presented monologues in several concerts.
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