📺🌙 Following the success of Mat’am El Habayeb, Ahmed Malek and Huda El Mufti return to our screens this Ramadan with Sawa Sawa. Since the series was announced, netizens buzzed with anticipation, likening the show to 80 Bako and Welad El Shams. With two episodes out, we can confidently say this is a heavy-hitting drama.

The series opens with Ibrahim (Malek) attempting to sneak into a private hospital while carrying the file of his beloved Ahlam (El Mufti). He’s on a mission to place the file in the section designated for charitable surgeries. Across from the hospital, while waiting for Ibrahim, Ahlam has a brief encounter with the hospital owner, Dr. Fawzi (Khaled Kamal), who appears suspicious from the get-go.

We soon discover that Ahlam is a cancer patient in critical condition. Because the cost of the surgery is exorbitant, she and Ibrahim search for any way to afford treatment. Adding salt to the wound, Ibrahim learns that his lifelong childhood friend, Amir (Hosny Sheta), has proposed to Ahlam, forcing Ibrahim to confront multiple threats to protect his love.

In just two episodes, Sawa Sawa proves to be a high-stakes, fast-paced series that intertwines the tragedies of poverty and illness. Love and betrayal are on the menu, and the characters remain intricate and enigmatic. Dr. Fawzi in particular caught our attention, appearing deeply complex with a violent past that suggests psychopathy — a role we’d argue Kamal has mastered. We also loved the soundtrack, which added a sharp poignancy to many scenes.

As we wait to uncover more of the story, the series offers a promising, weighty drama that transcends the rom-com expectations many might have had after Mat’am El Habayeb.

WHERE TO WATCH- Sawa Sawa is streaming on MBC Shahid. Watch the trailer on YouTube (watch, runtime: 0:57).

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