A man, his donkey, and divine chaos — Egyptian folklore gets gloriously unhinged.
Season 1 • Episode 16
LatestHeritage tales about a person named Juha al-Masri talking to his donkey, and he gets into many problems, he becomes condemned to death at times, and he becomes a guardian of the righteous guardians of God at other times, and responsible for security once, and head of a gang at another, and so on, leaving himself to God's measures to save him from problems In which it is located.
Acting
Yehia El Fakharany owns every frame with mischievous gravitas.
Writing
Juha tales weaponized for modern political bite.
Production
Rich Ottoman-era Egypt without the stuffy museum vibe.
Yehia El Fakharany
جحا
Mona Zaki
قمر
Lucy
بُغاشة
Hassan Hosny
المقدم شر المخبي غراب
Souad Nasr
عنابة
Ahmed Rizq
شحيبر
Rashwan Tawfiq
أبو العز
Gamal Ismail
الحانوتي أبو السعد
Ahmad Rateb
برقوق
Inam Salusah
مستكه
Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra
السلطان شمس الدين الحصين - ضيف الحلقات
Osama Abbas
بقطمر - ضيف الحلقات
Ezzat Abu Ouf
الوالي وحشقمر ضيف الحلقات
Ahmad Fouad
ضيف
Farouq Naguib
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Juha/Nasreddin folklore spans from Morocco to Afghanistan; this adaptation specifically mines Egyptian oral traditions from the 1970s radio era.
Magdy Abu Emira cast Hassan Hosny against type as the buffoonish villain after his legendary straight-man career, a meta-joke sharp viewers caught immediately.
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