A rich man with everything discovers his most precious possession is the one thing money can't buy: a son.
Season 1 • Episode 30
LatestBu Nasser has everything from money and a name and he lacks nothing but the presence of a male son who bears his name, and because of the mockery of some of his competitors by trading him because he is "the father of the girls" and does not have a male son, his friends advise him to marry a second so that the boy has a son, so he decides to look for another wife with the help of Bu Duaij Al-Tajer.
Acting
Hussain Al-Mansour's simmering wounded pride
Production
Luxurious Kuwaiti settings masking rot underneath
Writing
Fajer Al-Saeed's sharp social commentary on Gulf masculinity
Creator
Fajer Al-Saeed
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1998 Kuwaiti drama aired during a period when Gulf soap operas were exploding as vehicles for social critique disguised as entertainment. The 'father of daughters' insult carries specific weight in patrilineal Gulf cultures where names and inheritance flow exclusively through men.
Fajer Al-Saeed became one of Kuwait's most controversial writers for precisely this kind of work—using melodrama to expose how women's bodies become battlegrounds for male ego. The series was reportedly discussed in parliament.
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