Doubt (Arabic TV series)

2020 British-Lebanese television series

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Doubt

Genre| Psychological Thriller
Created by|

* Firas Abou Fakher
* Daniel Habib
* Nasri Atallah

Based on| Unfriended
by Universal Pictures
Written by|

* Firas Abou Fakher
* Daniel Habib
* Nasri Atallah
* Fatima Al-Banawi
* Camille Cabbabe
* Nelson Greaves
* Stephen Susco

Directed by|

* Mark Eid
* Fatima Al-Banawi

Starring|

* Fatima Al-Banawi
* Kosai Khauli
* Razane Jammal
* Nadia Malaika
* Baraa Alem

Theme music composer| Firas Abou Fakher
Country of origin| United Kingdom, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Original languages| Arabic, English
No. of series| 1
No. of episodes| 10
Production
Executive producers|

* Firas Abou Fakher
* Daniel Habib
* Nasri Atallah

Production locations|

* Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
* Beirut, Lebanon
* London, United Kingdom

Camera setup| Single-camera
Running time| 10-12 minutes
Production companies| Last Floor Productions, NBCUniversal Formats
Original release
Network| Shahid, MBC Group, MBC4
Release| 13 June 2020 (2020-06-13)

Doubt (Original Arabic title الشك) is a British-Lebanese-Saudi psychological thriller television series created by Nasri Atallah, Firas Abou Fakher and Daniel Habib as a Shahid Original for MBC Group. It is based on the film of Unfriended and its Unfriended: Dark Web written by Nelson Greaves and Stephen Susco. It premiered on June 13, 2020.

The 10-episode series was conceived, produced and released within a two-month period at the during the first coronavirus lockdown, and relied heavily on remote filming techniques.[1]

## Premise

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Samar is isolated in her family's old house during lockdown. Mistakenly, she logs into the wrong video chat and witnesses a murder. The mysterious killer turns her life into a living hell, forcing her to fight for her life and face the demons of her past.

## Cast

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* Fatima Al-Banawi as Samar
* Kosai Khauli as Malek, Samar's ex-husband
* Baraa Alem as Houssam, Samar's co-worker
* Razane Jammal as Iman, the therapist
* Nadia Malaika as Dima, Samar's sister

## Production

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Doubt was commissioned from Last Floor Productions a Shahid Original for MBC Group’s Shahid streaming platform, the largest in the Middle East.[2] Filming took place between Beirut, Jeddah and London. Due to it being conceived and shot at the peak of the first coronavirus lockdown, teams working remotely over video conference and many actors filming themselves with improvised set-ups in their own homes.

## Release date

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Doubt was released on 13 June 2020 on Shahid.

## References

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1. ^ Badih, Samia (30 June 2020). "'Everything happened through a screen': How three friends created an entire TV show while housebound". The National. The National UAE. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
2. ^ Mullaly, William (29 January 2021). "Inside Last Floor, the region's hottest new production house". Arab News. SRMG. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

## External links

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* Doubt at IMDb

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