8 Egyptian TV Shows You Can Stream in One Sitting

A long weekend is ahead of us, and if there's one thing long weekends in July call for, it's some well-deserved rest, a chance to process the week, a beach getaway with family and friends, and a short, binge-worthy show you can finish in just a few hours by the end of the night.

And when it comes to short series that keep you glued to your TV screen for hours and completely ruin your sleep schedule, Egyptian shows know how to deliver.

From comedies and love stories to dramas and mysterious murder cases, here are some Egyptian shows you can start and finish this weekend.

Balto | Dir. Omar El Mohandes (10 Episodes)

Atef is a newly graduated doctor who finds himself not only assigned to a health unit in a village away from Cairo and everything he knows, but also becoming the director of the unit, giving him responsibilities bigger than what he thought he could handle and friendships that help him get through it.

Bimbo | Dir. Amr Salama (8 Episodes)

Bimbo somehow finds himself in the oddest situations in life. First, he gets robbed and loses all his money, so he's forced to become a drug dealer to repay his debts. Then, after the murder of one woman and the disappearance of another, he turns into a rookie detective trying to connect the dots.

Fe Kol Esbou’ Youm Gom’a | Dir. Mohamed Shaker Khodeir (10 Episodes)

Hoping to leave her past behind, Layla makes a deal that prompts her to marry and live with Emad, who lives with a severe mental condition. But every Friday, a hideous crime takes place in their house.

Catalog | Dir. Waleed El Halfawy (8 Episodes)

Following the unexpected death of Amina, a parenting influencer, her workaholic husband Youssef finds himself struggling with single parenthood and reconnecting with his children, only to find all the answers he needs are in the parenting YouTube channel she left behind.

Finding Ola Seasons 1 & 2 | Dir. Hady El Bagoury (6 Episodes each)

Ola Abdel Sabour is a stay-at-home mother who makes sure her home and family are always picture-perfect, until one day she goes through an unforeseen divorce that challenges the way she perceives life, making her put herself first and give her dreams a second chance.

Mat’am El Habayeb | Dir. Essam Abdel Hamid (12 Episodes)

Chef Abu El Magd's dream comes true when he reopens his family restaurant with his daughter, Didy, but nothing comes easy. The challenges keep coming and threaten the restaurant's success, but they also bring Didy and Sobhy, who has been helping her all along, closer.

Wesh w Dahr | Dir. Mariam Abu Ouf (10 Episodes)

Gamal and Doha are two people running away from their pasts, seeking a new future while pretending to be other people. Challenges keep chasing them, threatening to expose them to each other and to the world.

Menawara Be Ahlaha | Dir. Yousry Nasrallah (10 Episodes)

Adam is a detective commissioned to solve a murder case. He ends up finding all the answers in scraps of photographs in his home.