Mohamed Hesham Obeya

An Egyptian journalist, author and scriptwriter. He has been a professional journalist since 2004 and has worked in several positions, including assistant editor-in-chief of El Tahrir newspaper, and editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper El Youm El Jadeed. He won the Journalists' Syndicate Award three times, and has published several books in satirical and travel literature. He co-wrote Rahim series, wrote the script for Free Fall series, and several episodes in I Dropped Dead series.

Works

A Man Wanted

Eager to fulfill her dream of motherhood before it's too late, a relationship-skeptic banker comes up with an unusual plan to become a single mother.

Release Date2017-02-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count14

Expired

After losing his job, his marriage, and an unbreakable bond with his only daughter, Saleh sees online gambling as his ticket to redemption. But his final bet leads him down a dangerous path that changes his life forever.

Release Date2025-03-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count15

Vote Count1

Ties of Kinship

After his wife suffers a traumatic accident, an anesthesiologist resorts to a surrogate mother to carry their child, but this illegal step soon leads him into a mysterious and dangerous world.

Release Date2024-03-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count15

Vote Count4

60 Minutes

One hour before her execution, Yasmine surprises everyone with a final request that may buy her just the time needed to reveal a shocking truth.

Release Date2021-09-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count9

Vote Count2

Rahim

The show deals with Rahim, a rich businessman, who works in money laundry and currency smuggling. After he gets out of a long prison sentence, he finds out that his men took all his money and drove his family away. He goes on a journey to find them and get his belongings back.

Release Date2018-05-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count30

Vote Count2

Zodiac

A group of university students find themselves the target of a curse killing them one by one in a manner related to their zodiac sign. Their quest to rescue themselves take them to the origin of this curse: Ancient Egypt.

Release Date2019-05-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count15

Vote Count6

Free Fall

A mentally disturbed woman (Nelly Karim) is accused of killing her husband and sister, as the police find her with the crime tool (pistol) .. After her arrest, the court decides to enter a psychiatric hospital because she suffers from an acute psychological crisis, but she is exposed to many problems inside this clinic, which It causes several setbacks after recovering more than once.

Release Date2016-06-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count30

Vote Count1

Every Week Has a Friday

Hoping to leave her past behind and start anew, Laila strikes a deal that prompts her to marry and live with Emad, a mentally-challenged man. However, their life together gets complicated when henious crimes take place at their living place each Friday.

Release Date2020-01-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count10

Vote Count18

Backbreaking

After being fooled by her husband into leaving Egypt, Rouh finds herself at an ISIS den in Syria, whereupon she tries to escape but ends up at a camp for female ISIS fugitives, while her return to Egypt becomes a distant dream.

Release Date2022-04-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count15

Vote Count2

Like the Sun

Noor is a lawyer whose brother is mysteriously murdered. When she starts looking for his murderer, clues point to some of the people closest to him.

Release Date2019-06-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count30

Vote Count1

Resalet Al Imam

The series tells the real events of the life of Imam Muhammad al-Shafi'i, and the difficulties he faced while trying to spread his message.

Release Date2023-03-23

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count30

Killers' Calm

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count8

Hani

The events of the film take place between 97 and 98, two years after his disappearance. Sahar finds her friend Hani's videotapes and decides to watch them to get to know him better and her relationship with him during this time. Hani is a young man who has almost finished his university studies and lives with his family in Cairo, but his father works in Kuwait. He loves metal music and photography. His camera is always in his hand, and he documents what is going on around him in his room. We also see his friend Sameer and their friend Sahar. He also goes out to film some situations. Public and private occasions.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Pasha's Girls

After a terrorist church bombing in Tanta, the body of an employee at Al Pasha Women's Beauty Centre, Nadia, is discovered. The center owner, Nour Al Pasha, and female workers are in trouble about the need to cover up the incident, which is mostly a suicide, in order to preserve the center's reputation amidst intense competition. While Al Pasha tries to obtain a burial permit unofficially and illegally, the workers get involved in trying to find a way to wash Nadia for burial secretly. Nevertheless, they face multiple successive difficulties. Hence, each one of them recalls her relationship with Nadia. They confront their realities and actions, as well as what Al Pasha represents in their extremely harsh and unpredictable lives.

Release Date2025-11-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Blood on a Breast

The story revolves around journalist Mai El-Gebali, who decides to write a book about a serial killer sentenced to death. With the help of one of her lovers, who has close ties to the security services, she succeeds in securing weekly meetings with the serial killer Mahmoud Helmy, who exposes the secrets of this nightmarish world.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1