New Arabic Web drama series Fasateen, will make its exclusive debut today on Yahoo! Maktoob. Following the personal and challenging lives of three Lebanese women, the 10 weekly episodes will become the first originally scripted programme on Yahoo! Maktoob, produced by International Digital Emmy Award-winner Batoota Films. Every episode of Fasateen is interactive with two […]
New Arabic Web drama series Fasateen, will make its exclusive debut today on Yahoo! Maktoob. Following the personal and challenging lives of three Lebanese women, the 10 weekly episodes will become the first originally scripted programme on Yahoo! Maktoob, produced by International Digital Emmy Award-winner Batoota Films.
Every episode of Fasateen is interactive with two alternative endings, allowing the audience to guess what they think the characters will do next. Episodes can be seen on Helwa, and also on the revamped video destination Yahoo! Maktoob Screen, and will include English subtitles.
Batoota Films are based in Beirut, and won the International Digital Emmy Award in 2011 for Best Digital Fiction Program for the first ever Arabic Web drama series Shankaboot. The driving force behind this series and the producer of Fantaseen, is Katia Salah, founder of Batoota Films.
Fasateen sheds light on some challenging issues that women face in their day-to-day loves, reflecting social frustrations and hurdles that women may struggle with in our society, says Saleh. She hopes that audiences across the Middle East will engage with the humanity of the story through its captivating characters and interactive storytelling technique.
Content Development Manager of Yahoo! Maktoob, Muna Ismail, is very excited to be bringing this new series to Yahoo! Maktoob, building their portfolio of original programming.
Were thrilled to have partnered with Batoota Films, says Ismail, leveraging their great experience in Web production to create a series that we can extend to our large audience across our network.
The story of Fasateen is focuses on three women living in Beirut; Aliya, Lama and Karma.
Single mother Aliya is always concerned about the happiness and welfare of her son Ziad, especially without his father around. Lama lives a luxurious yet very lonely life with her husbands money, keeping herself busy shopping, at the salon and at the womans committee.
The youngest of the three is independent and strong-willed Karma, who fights to get her parents to accept her boyfriend for what he is, and not where he comes from.
The episodes of Fasateen tackle various themes and see all three characters blend through their deep friendship.
