as Raeefa Ismail, Refaat's older sister and Talaat's wife | An ordinary and frail man, he resonated with readers because he was unlike the usual trope of a hero in Arabic literature |
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Refaat invents his own laws in an attempt to make sense of the unexplainable things going on around him | Batea Khalil as Talaat, Raeefa's husband |
Each episode is a standalone story, but all are interconnected through one common recurring element in the first season: The Khadrawy House.
Directed by and joined by , late author 's book series comes to life in this adaptation, starring , , , , and | as Refaat Ismail, a cynical Egyptian hematologist, and an elderly professor residing in Cairo that narrates his experiences with paranormal activities which he refuses to believe |
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For context, 'Paranormal' is the biggest-selling fictional series of books in the Arab world, with more than 15 million copies sold by the author | As a counter to his scientific work, Refaat is faced with a world where logic and scientific reason are replaced with and global , battling numerous health problems with a ready supply of medicines rattling in his pockets as he goes |
2 "The Myth of the Curse of the Pharaoh" Mahmoud Ezzat November 5, 2020 2020-11-05 After a supposedly cursed mummy is autopsied, a black cloud looms over.
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