We see a lot of divas in Hollywood and one likes to think that they do not exist in the Arab world- but we are extremely mistaken. It appears that Syrian actor Abbas El Nouri who plays the popular character of Abu Essam in Bab El Hara drove the director Bassam El Mala to starting the third part of the series with his character’s funeral! Primarily a lot people were on Abbas El Nouri’s side especially after he told everyone he had no idea what was happening and that the director just decided without informing him. The truth came out, as it always does. It appears that Abbas demanded that he read the script and alter it as he pleased before he signed on for the third part of ‘Bab El Hara’.

Abbas El Nouri seems pretty cool with the whole situation; he said that he ‘hoped’ that ‘Bab El Hara’ will do as well without his character as it did when ‘Abou Essam’ was part of the show. Obviously now everyone is talking about how another actor on the series, Sabah Obaid, was behind this whole thing because he wanted to be the star of the show. But as of now it appears that these are mere rumors.

Will ‘Bab El Hara’ be the same without Abu Essam?

By Karim