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Indigenous

2026 · 1 season

A heavy, earnest drama that immerses you in grief and danger, finding fragile warmth in human connection amid devastation.

Created by: Ammar Sabry
Genres: Drama
Starring: Menna Shalabi, Eyad Nassar, Adam Bakri

Overview: 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.

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Created by: Ammar Sabry
Genres: Drama
Starring: Menna Shalabi, Eyad Nassar, Adam Bakri

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
war
love
grief
isolation
Places: military
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	5
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	8
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama
Created by: Ammar Sabry
Written by: Ammar Sabry, Mohamed Hesham Obeya
Starring: Menna Shalabi, Eyad Nassar, Adam Bakri, Tara Abboud, Kamel El Basha, Essam Elsakka, Sarah Yousef, Kira Yaghnam
Cinematography: Hussien Asar
Length: 1 seasons, 15 episodes, 40 min each
Network: MBC Shahid, WATCH iT!, Dubai+
Country: Egypt
Languages: Arabic

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