
Winter of Discontent
Drama · History
Overview
Amr is a 35 year old man who wakes up one day to a very different Egypt. Amr rarely leaves home as he works from his place designing software. It is January 25, 2011 and Amr starts the day with news of protests all over Cairo and marches leading to Tahrir square. Something tells him that these protests will lead to major political change. Farah, a woman in her early 30’s, is a news anchor on Egyptian television. The news Farah gives her audience is very different from the news presented online or on international news channels.
Top Cast


Amr Waked
Amr Waked
Amr
Amr Waked
Amr


Farah Youssef
Farah Youssef
Farah
Farah Youssef
Farah
Salah Hanafy
Salah Hanafy
Adel
Salah Hanafy
Adel
Moataz Mosallam
Moataz Mosallam
Moataz
Moataz Mosallam
Moataz
Tamer Abdel Hamid
Tamer Abdel Hamid
Malek
Tamer Abdel Hamid
Malek


Aly Kandil
Aly Kandil
Aly Kandil
Mohamed Andeel
Mohamed Andeel
Mohamed Andeel


Ahmad Amer
Ahmad Amer
Ahmad Amer


Mai Elkady
Mai Elkady
Mai Elkady


Amir Eid
Amir Eid
Amir Eid
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