women’s history month
Ramadan in Egypt is a time of communal gathering, charity, prayer — and also a time of marathon television-watching. With dozens of series available across channels and platforms, viewers have lots to choose from when deciding what to tune into. Like the U.S. soap opera, or the Mexican telenovela, the staple dramas occupying the bulk of Egyptian screens during Ramadan were initially developed to cater to a primarily female audience. Despite this, for the first few years of Egyptian broadcast…
