(MENAFN- Daily News Egypt) We're all familiar with the stereotypes about addiction conveyed to us through Egyptian TV dramas over the years. A man or a woman who is fed up with the problems he/she encountered in their daily lives decides to escape his/her troubles through drug abuse, believing he/she would be able to quit whenever they want. Once they are dragged into the addiction zone, a series of suffering begins, causing a lot of misery and harm to them, their close friends and their families.
However, this Ramadan witnessed a completely new perspective for tackling the drug abuse and addiction problems in a TV series. In her masterpiece "Taht Al Saytara" ("Under Control"), starring Nelly Kareem, Dhafer Al-Abdeen and Hany Adel, script writer Mariam Naoum tackles the issue of addiction from completely different angles, presenting various characters that resemble every possible model of drug addiction. For the first time, we have a whole TV series dedicated to discussing drug abuse, addiction, the ways of recovery and the pains of withdrawal.
The series starts with the story of Mariam, a housewife who recovered from addiction after her ex-boyfriend's death due to an overdose nine years ago. She returns to Egypt with her caring husband after years of living in Dubai, and he begins to discover some secrets about her past and her relationships with her old addict friends. Because he believes that she intentionally lied to him about her past, he decides to desert her, leaving her confused, frustrated and heart-broken. She starts contacting her old friends and getting back into drug abuse.
With her irresistible aura, Nelly Kareem grabbed the attention of her audiences in her portrayal of the main character, Mariam. With her facial expressions, body language and eye contact, she portrayed the weakness, challenge and hope the character experienced through the days of addiction, withdrawal and recovery.
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