Doubt (Arabic TV series)

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Doubt
Genre	Psychological Thriller
Created by	Firas Abou Fakher; Daniel Habib; Nasri Atallah;
Written by	Firas Abou Fakher; Daniel Habib; Nasri Atallah; Fatima Al-Banawi; Camille Cabbabe;
Directed by	Mark Eid; Fatima Al-Banawi;
Starring	Fatima Al-Banawi; Kosai Khauli; Razane Jammal; Nadia Malaika; Baraa Alem;
Theme music composer	Firas Abou Fakher
Country of origin	United Kingdom, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Original languages	Arabic, English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producers	Firas Abou Fakher; Daniel Habib; Nasri Atallah;
Production locations	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Beirut, Lebanon; London, United Kingdom;
Running time	10-12 minutes
Production company	Last Floor Productions
Original release
Network	Shahid, MBC Group
Release	13 June 2020

Doubt (Original Arabic title الشك) is a British-Lebanese-Saudi psychological thriller television series created by Nasri Atallah, Firas Abou Fakher and Daniel Habib as a Shahid Original for MBC Group. It premiered on June 13, 2020.

The 10-episode series was conceived, produced and released within a two-month period at the during the first coronavirus lockdown, and relied heavily on remote filming techniques.^[1]

Premise[edit]

Samar is isolated in her family's old house during lockdown. Mistakenly, she logs into the wrong video chat and witnesses a murder. The mysterious killer turns her life into a living hell, forcing her to fight for her life and face the demons of her past.

Cast[edit]

Fatima Al-Banawi as Samar
Kosai Khauli as Malek, Samar's ex-husband
Baraa Alem as Houssam, Samar's co-worker
Razane Jammal as Iman, the therapist
Nadia Malaika as Dima, Samar's sister

Production[edit]

Doubt was commissioned from Last Floor Productions a Shahid Original for MBC Group’s Shahid streaming platform, the largest in the Middle East.^[2] Filming took place between Beirut, Jeddah and London. Due to it being conceived and shot at the peak of the first coronavirus lockdown, teams working remotely over video conference and many actors filming themselves with improvised set-ups in their own homes.

Release date[edit]

Doubt was released on 13 June 2020 on Shahid.

References[edit]

^ Badih, Samia (30 June 2020). "'Everything happened through a screen': How three friends created an entire TV show while housebound". The National. The National UAE. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
^ Mullaly, William (29 January 2021). "Inside Last Floor, the region's hottest new production house". Arab News. SRMG. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

External links[edit]

Doubt at IMDb

[1] Badih, Samia (30 June 2020). "'Everything happened through a screen': How three friends created an entire TV show while housebound". The National. The National UAE. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

[2] Mullaly, William (29 January 2021). "Inside Last Floor, the region's hottest new production house". Arab News. SRMG. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

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