Rabat – “Aldam Almashrouk” (Shared Blood) is one of the latest Moroccan dramas that radiate this Ramadan on the Moroccan channel 2m. The fans hummed the new characters and scenarios, but that’s not the only reason that it is talked about. Since acquainting with the Egyptian scenarist Hajar Ismaili, the series has been working with the Moroccan screenwriters about the Egyptian scenarist Hajar Ismaili, which belongs to history to blame the cultural appropriation.
Ismaili, who has been working on history for four years, denied the allegations and explained that she herself lived in Morocco for eight years together with her Moroccan husband and two Moroccan children.
The screenwriter commented on the controversy about the series in an interview with Alarabiya.net and said that people had not noticed anything about the identity of the film if they had not learned about their nationality. “I don’t think there would have been an argument if people didn’t know that I am Egyptians,” she said.
However, people have found that it was not just the nationality of the screenwriter who drawn her attention to the intrusive nature of the action, all from decor, furniture, dark costumes to events alluding to stories from Egypt Sa’id (Oberägypt).
“My role as a screenwriter ends when I handed over the episode (to the sales companies) and I can never intervene in the selection of costumes or decoration is completely the choice of the director,” replied Hajar.
The same carousel of actors
The Moroccan audience has also shown dissatisfaction with the repeat of the same actors about the main channels. This is especially due to the fact that programs for the holy month after the other are broadcast according to the Maghrib prayer when people break their fasting.
The art and film critic Abdelkarim Ouakrim commented on this event in an interview with Alyaoum24 and said: “The use of names that repeat in all dramas and comedies confuses the viewer and does not let it distinguish the personas.” He added that “(the viewer) would certainly confuse the characters because only the costumes change, while most actors repeat the same performance despite the variety of characters.”
Ouakrim repeated the concern of the Moroccans that this repetition harms other actors who seem to have forgotten filmmakers in recent years. “The concentration on the same actor is for talented actors and actresses who are outlawed and have no possibilities that they earn because they are not part of the clique,” he said.
The critic added that the same faces are also used in commercial advertisements, since he says that companies have the choice when choosing the same actors.
In this context, Ouakrim was particularly disapproved by the Moroccan actress Dounia Boutazout, who after him repeats the same action in every role she plays. “She does not try to develop her acting. You can even notice how she plays the role of a businesswoman, for example, as she plays that of a Bedouin.”
This monopoly, especially in the case of Boutazout, which currently leads four programs for three television stations – Al Aoula, 2m and MBC5 – was criticized by the Moroccan audience.
The actress reacted to the increasing criticism during her appearance at Al Aoula talk show “Maa Lfamila” and said that it was normal and artistically “healthy” for actors to appear in several films and series.
“We studied for four years so that we can work. Why should you withdraw from the work? We have obligations and responsibilities, and we are professional actors, so it is illogical that everyone asks us to no longer work, just because we appear in more than one series, ”she explained.
Assembly criticism on 2m
Moroccans were particularly loud on social media about their contempt for national television programs in general. Many have evenly decided From the reputation of Moroccan television due to its conviction that the content does not agree to Moroccan principles and values.
2m has exposed itself to most of the denunciation, as it was even called to boycott the channel over the years. This especially their climax reached In October 2024, as a 2m of Israeli actress Eva Kadosh occupied in the public television series “Nass El Mellah”. This triggered great anger and disgust among Moroccans – in particular that the series was broadcast against Gaza and war against Lebanon during the genocide of Israel.
The series revolves around the life of Muslim and Jewish families in El Mellah Quartier from Essaouira.
Some found that the harmony between Muslim and Jews in Morocco is important, but could have been shown by the occupation of another actress. They criticized the choice of filmmakers with Kadosh and found that Kadosh had bad acting skills and that Darija is forced and difficult to understand. In fact, Kadosh does not seem to have any acting credits at all, and their social media are instead dominated by back recipes together with posts to support the Israeli occupation forces.
One thing is certain that Moroccan programmers seem to be separated from the audience, which they should do justice to, many of which believe that they cannot decide from the support of the national channels, since their tax is supposedly embedded into the water and the electricity bill.
