Name: Finding Ola
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2022-02-03
Rating: 7.1

Single mom chaos with Egyptian spice — and she actually feels like a real person.

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messy but magnificentlaugh-through-the-tearsCairo street realness

Latest Episode

66 min

Season 2 • Episode 6

Latest

All Is Not Well That Ends Well

Sep 26, 2024

Returning from a business trip full of unexpected revelations, Ola learns that things were not so quiet back home. What else might she discover now?

Overview

Comedy Drama

After a life-altering event, Ola embarks on a journey of self-discovery while dealing with the challenges of raising two children and making ends meet.

EG Arabic

Content warning

friendship love married

reinvention after traumaeconomic precarityfemale solidaritycultural expectations of motherhood

Standout Aspects

Writing

Ghada Abdel Aal's voice — sharp, specific, unapologetically Egyptian.

Acting

Ola's exhaustion reads like a documentary, not performance.

Production

Cairo locations feel lived-in, not tourist-board pretty.

Best for:Solo·Friends·Binge

Heads up:Triggers

Creators

Ghada Abdel Aal, Maha El Wazir

First AiredFeb 3, 2022

StatusOngoing

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelheavy

Seasons2·Episodes12

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Based on Abdel Aal's own blog-turned-book 'Wanted: A Husband,' which sparked national conversation about divorced women in Egypt. The show keeps that provocative edge.

Insight

The 'returning series' status after 2022 suggests Ola's story isn't done — and Egyptian streaming audiences are hungry for more unfiltered female leads.