On social media and TV talk shows and among friends in Egypt and other Middle East countries, a torrent of critics have denounced the film as a threat to family and religious values, encouraging homosexuality and unfit for Arab societies. The scenes in the first Arabic Netflix movie have sparked a public drama as intense as the one that plays out onscreen. Pulses racing: How a Netflix series is revving America’s enginesįrank Langella blames firing on cancel culture: ‘This is not American’Ī Lebanese father tells his teenage daughter she is free to choose whether to have sex with her boyfriend despite his reservations.Īn Egyptian wife discreetly slips off her black, lacy underwear from under her clothes before heading out for dinner, and it’s not her husband she’s trying to tantalize.Īnd in a dramatic moment, a man reveals that he is gay, a secret he has kept from his longtime friends who are shocked - but seem mostly accepting.
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