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I Won't Live in My Father's Glbab

1996 · 1 season

A patient, character-driven family saga that traces ambition and generational friction with warmth and a touch of melancholy.

Created by
Ahmed Tawfiq
Genres
Drama, Family, Comedy
Starring
Nour El-Sherif, Abla Kamel, Hanan Turk
Overview
The events of the series revolve around the story of the rise from the bottom to the top of Abdel Ghafour Al Borai (Noor Al Sharif), starting from the agency of Hajj Ibrahim Sardinah (Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra) until he becomes a private business owner who makes a fortune, during which he has admired Fatima (Abla Kamel), a saleswoman. Al-Kushari, whom he admired, passes the days and marries Fatima and gives birth to his son Abdel-Wahhab (Mohamed Riyad), and four girls (Sunni, Bahira, Nafisa, and Nazira), and despite the availability of the elements of happiness in the life of Abdel Ghafour Al-Borai, he suffered from the separation of his only son. About him, and Abdel Wahab's insistence on building a very special world away from his father and his influence.

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Created by
Ahmed Tawfiq
Genres
Drama, Family, Comedy
Starring
Nour El-Sherif, Abla Kamel, Hanan Turk
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • ambition
  • class
  • identity
  • parenthood
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, family, comedy
Created by
Ahmed Tawfiq
Written by
Mostafa Moharram
Starring
Nour El-Sherif, Abla Kamel, Hanan Turk, Mohammad Reyad, Wafaa Sadeq, Manal Salama, Yaser Galal, Nahed Roshdy
Length
1 seasons, 36 episodes, 38 min each
Country
Egypt

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