First Season of Ground-Breaking Egyptian Series Now Online

The complete first season of The Weapon, Egypt's first Web Series, is now on YouTube. This is the first time the complete season (8 episodes) has been available in its entirety, uncensored, and with English subtitles. You can watch it here.

Here is the official synopsis: "An Egyptian Web Series centering on the battle between a masked vigilante called "The Hunter" and an organized syndicate of criminals sanctioned by the fascist ruling party. The story takes place in the not so distant future, where Egypt is going through a terrible war against an undefined enemy.

This controversial, action-packed series is the first of its kind, and has been praised for predicting the rise of  "Black Bloc" in Egypt.

Produced by Independent Productions. Written and Directed by Ahmed Khalifa. Music by Machine Eat Man and The Room.

THE WEAPON is the first Egyptian Web Series in history, and the first Egyptian TV series to be added to THE WEB SERIES CHANNEL, the world's leading directory of the best TV programs from around the world.

For more information, please visit the official Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/theweapon.elselah" 

I first wrote the outline of the story envisioning it as either a film or a novel. But at my brother's (and co-producer's) suggestion, I began to see that the story, which is epic and multi-faceted, could make a great, multi-season series. And since the response to the first season has been favorable, hopefully the second season will be coming out later this year.

My New Book Out Now on Kindle

My new book, Egyptian Gothic, a collection of never-before-published stories (one novella, a short story, and two radio plays originally written for the BBC), is out now on Kindle.

Here is the official synopsis: "Do you think you know about Egypt? Its dark secrets, its hidden memories? Discover Egypt for the first time in EGYPTIAN GOTHIC, a collection of four Gothic/Suspense tales.

Egyptian Gothic… Egypt as you've never experienced it before.

This is the Egypt of blood, tears, and dark deeds. The Egypt of tyrants, monsters, and ghostly Pashas.

Contained within these four dark tales are heroes, villains and disturbing truths.

In "Egyptian Gothic", in Post-January 25 Egypt, a failed writer receives an old manuscript of a long-lost Gothic novel that might be the key to the end of life as he knows it.

In "Fire", a struggling young man comes face to face with evil incarnate while working as a security guard for a corrupt Egyptian Minister.

In "The Deaths of Women Scorned" and "The Source", two radio plays originally written for the BBC, discover spellbinding mysteries and a large cast of fascinating characters, including Dr. Fouad Sarhan, who has been called “The Egyptian Nero Wolfe.”

The book should come out in an Arabic-Language edition later this year (fingers crossed!). But, for now, readers around the world can get their hands on it through Amazon US, UK, Germany, France, Canada, and Japan. Kindle books are compatible with PC, Mac, and iPad, so you don't have to own a Kindle to be able to read them.