Wist El-Balad

Set in the heart of a bustling Egyptian neighbourhood, Downtown follows the intertwined lives of middle and working-class families navigating love, loss, rivalry and daily struggle. When a father dies and his eldest son discovers he has been cut from the will, long-buried tensions erupt between siblings. A sprawling soap opera that captures the texture of everyday Egyptian life with warmth, conflict and a large ensemble cast.

• Mohamed OsamaDirector
• Ziad El WeshahyDirector
• Ahmed ShafiqDirector
• Amin GamalWriter
• Sherif YousryWriter
• Shady AsaadWriter

• Samira AbdulazizZinat
• Farah AnanySoha
• Gamal Abdel NasserFadl
• Nasser SeifKamel
• FarahNahla
• Samah AlsaeedSamiha