A comedy TV serial titled “Family of Five” is coming soon to tickle the funny bone.
Arab and local artists have come together for the program, a production of Bandar Abu Dawood. The story revolves around a family of four siblings, their mother and a father who is dying. He has several wives and children without the knowledge of the first wife and her children.
When the family of the first wife learns about it, they are worried that after the man's death, his wealth would be divided among the other wives and children and that they would be left with nothing.
The family then embarks on a mission to avert the distribution of the man’s wealth.
Director Fahad Ghozoli told Arab News that the comedy serial comprises 15 to 36 episodes. “It will enthrall audiences while giving out the message of unity, that family members should stay together and support each other,” he said.
Ghazoli said the serial is coming after a long absense and it would surely win the hearts of the viewers.
Mohammed Hanif has written the screenplay and dialogues.
The actors of the serial include Mohammed Bakr, Abdul Majeed Alrheedi, Ghazlan Nasser, Lamar Abdulrhman, Qamar Al-Turk, Bandar Abu Dawood, Nevine Tabbara, Darren Bayed, Mohammed Hanif, Qadeer Abdul Rahman Ezzat, Mervat Al-Mansouri and star comedian Imad Yousef.
Other production members include: Abdulkadir Ahmed (production manager), Shoaib Hanif (assistant producer), Mustafa Beck and Ahmed Hawass (screenplay), Akram Hassanein (lightning system), and Hafeez Nuri (sound tehnician).
New Saudi comedy series to stress family unity
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Vietnam police find frozen tiger bodies, arrest two men
Vietnamese police have found two dead tigers inside freezers in a man’s basement, arresting him and another for illicit trade in the endangered animal, the force said Saturday.
The Southeast Asian country is a consumption hub and popular trading route for illegal animal products, including tiger bones which are used in traditional medicine.
Police in Thanh Hoa province, south of the capital Hanoi, said they had found the frozen bodies ot two adult tigers, weighing about 400 kilograms (882 pounds) in total, in the basement of 52-year-old man Hoang Dinh Dat.
In a statement posted online, police said the man told officers he had bought the animals for two billion dong ($77,000), identifying the seller as 31-year-old Nguyen Doan Son.
Both had been arrested earlier this week, police said.
According to the statement, the buyer had equipment to produce so-called tiger bone glue, a sticky substance believed to heal skeletal ailments.
Tigers used to roam Vietnam’s forests, but have now disappeared almost entirely.
