Mohamed Hesham Obeya

An Egyptian journalist, author and scriptwriter. He has been a professional journalist since 2004 and has worked in several positions, including assistant editor-in-chief of El Tahrir newspaper, and editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper El Youm El Jadeed. He won the Journalists' Syndicate Award three times, and has published several books in satirical and travel literature. He co-wrote Rahim series, wrote the script for Free Fall series, and several episodes in I Dropped Dead series.

Works

Drop Dead Diva

(Dalida) dreams to be a famous model, but fate prevents it. When she has an accident and finds that she can't go to heaven because of being selfish. She returns back to the earth in the body (Alyiaa) where she has to face reality and accept herself.

Release Date2018-03-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count45

Vote Count2

Like the Sun

Noor is a lawyer whose brother is mysteriously murdered. When she starts looking for his murderer, clues point to some of the people closest to him.

Release Date2019-06-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count30

Vote Count1

Rahim

The show deals with Rahim, a rich businessman, who works in money laundry and currency smuggling. After he gets out of a long prison sentence, he finds out that his men took all his money and drove his family away. He goes on a journey to find them and get his belongings back.

Release Date2018-05-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count30

Vote Count2

Zodiac

A group of university students find themselves the target of a curse killing them one by one in a manner related to their zodiac sign. Their quest to rescue themselves take them to the origin of this curse: Ancient Egypt.

Release Date2019-05-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count15

Vote Count6

Free Fall

A mentally disturbed woman (Nelly Karim) is accused of killing her husband and sister, as the police find her with the crime tool (pistol) .. After her arrest, the court decides to enter a psychiatric hospital because she suffers from an acute psychological crisis, but she is exposed to many problems inside this clinic, which It causes several setbacks after recovering more than once.

Release Date2016-06-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count30

Vote Count1

Indigenous

Set against the backdrop of Israel's genocide on Gaza in October 2023, an Egyptian doctor named Salma volunteers with a relief convoy and crosses paths with a Palestinian man desperately searching for his nephew under the rubble. As they fight alongside each other for survival, a deep human bond forms — turning love and hope into acts of resistance. Inspired by real events and testimonies.

Release Date2026-02-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count15

Vote Count2

Resalet Al Imam

The series tells the real events of the life of Imam Muhammad al-Shafi'i, and the difficulties he faced while trying to spread his message.

Release Date2023-03-23

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count30

Expired

Saleh, a bank employee, is jailed for accessing clients' data for illegal purposes. When he's released two years later, his marriage is over, his daughter is distant, and his debts are mounting. Desperate for a shortcut back to stability, he falls into the world of online betting apps — only to discover that chasing the win pulls him into an even darker and more dangerous spiral.

Release Date2025-03-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count15

Vote Count1

60 Minutes

One hour before her execution, Yasmine surprises everyone with a final request that may buy her just the time needed to reveal a shocking truth.

Release Date2021-09-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count9

Vote Count2

Ties of Kinship

After his wife suffers a traumatic accident, an anesthesiologist resorts to a surrogate mother to carry their child, but this illegal step soon leads him into a mysterious and dangerous world.

Release Date2024-03-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count15

Vote Count4

Backbreaking

After being fooled by her husband into leaving Egypt, Rouh finds herself at an ISIS den in Syria, whereupon she tries to escape but ends up at a camp for female ISIS fugitives, while her return to Egypt becomes a distant dream.

Release Date2022-04-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count15

Vote Count3

Fi Kol Osboa' Youm Gom'a

Hoping to leave her past behind and start anew, Laila strikes a deal that prompts her to marry and live with Emad, a mentally-challenged man. However, their life together gets complicated when henious crimes take place at their living place each Friday.

Release Date2020-01-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count10

Vote Count19

The Fourth Wall

After getting selected to join a theater troupe, four teenagers get hacked by someone who threatens to reveal their darkest secrets and ruin their careers.

Release Date2021-10-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count8

Killers' Calm

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count8

Hani

The events of the film take place between 97 and 98, two years after his disappearance. Sahar finds her friend Hani's videotapes and decides to watch them to get to know him better and her relationship with him during this time. Hani is a young man who has almost finished his university studies and lives with his family in Cairo, but his father works in Kuwait. He loves metal music and photography. His camera is always in his hand, and he documents what is going on around him in his room. We also see his friend Sameer and their friend Sahar. He also goes out to film some situations. Public and private occasions.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Red Honey

The story revolves around journalist Mai El-Gebali, who decides to write a book about a serial killer sentenced to death. With the help of one of her lovers, who has close ties to the security services, she succeeds in securing weekly meetings with the serial killer Mahmoud Helmy, who exposes the secrets of this nightmarish world.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Pasha's Girls

After a terrorist church bombing in Tanta, the body of an employee at Al Pasha Women's Beauty Centre, Nadia, is discovered. The center owner, Nour Al Pasha, and female workers are in trouble about the need to cover up the incident, which is mostly a suicide, in order to preserve the center's reputation amidst intense competition. While Al Pasha tries to obtain a burial permit unofficially and illegally, the workers get involved in trying to find a way to wash Nadia for burial secretly. Nevertheless, they face multiple successive difficulties. Hence, each one of them recalls her relationship with Nadia. They confront their realities and actions, as well as what Al Pasha represents in their extremely harsh and unpredictable lives.

Release Date2025-11-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Mustafa Mahmoud: Between Doubt and Certainty

Biography of the great philosopher and writer Mustafa Mahmoud

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

A Man Wanted

Eager to fulfill her dream of motherhood before it's too late, a relationship-skeptic banker comes up with an unusual plan to become a single mother.

Release Date2017-02-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count14

El Scenarist

The Screenwriter podcast with Wael Hamdy focuses primarily on the role of the screenwriter and the importance of screenwriting as a crucial first step in film and television production. In each episode, Wael Hamdy hosts one of his friends, a prominent screenwriter in Egypt, to explore the meaning and significance of the screenwriting profession, discussing its details and challenges, and how a written script is transformed into a film or series. Guests share their professional experiences in screenwriting, recounting the highs and lows of their journeys. Each conversation reveals new secrets from behind the scenes of drama and filmmaking, offering inspiration and expertise to anyone interested in starting or developing their skills in the world of screenwriting.

Release Date2025-10-03

Episode Count1