Mohamed Hesham Obeya

Writing

Mohamed Hesham Obeya

Born

1980-05-27 (46)

Place of birth

Egypt

Known for

Writing

Credits

4 titles

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.

Known for

El Scenarist poster
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The Screenwriter podcast with Wael Hamdy focuses primarily on the role of the screenwriter and the importance of screenwriting as a crucial first step in film and television production. In each episode, Wael Hamdy hosts one of his friends, a prominent screenwriter in Egypt, to explore the meaning and significance of the screenwriting profession, discussing its details and challenges, and how a written script is transformed into a film or series. Guests share their professional experiences in screenwriting, recounting the highs and lows of their journeys. Each conversation reveals new secrets from behind the scenes of drama and filmmaking, offering inspiration and expertise to anyone interested in starting or developing their skills in the world of screenwriting.

El Scenarist

2025

Pasha's Girls poster
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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.

Pasha's Girls

2025

Hani poster
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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.

Hani

A Man Wanted poster
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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.

A Man Wanted

2017

Series credits

Behind the camera

Pasha's Girls poster
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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.

Pasha's Girls

2025

Hani poster
NR

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.

Hani

A Man Wanted poster
6.9

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.

A Man Wanted

2017