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Can YouTube series compete with Egypt TV dramas during Ramadan?

A group of Egyptian actors known for their award-winning play "1980 and Above" try their hand at a Ramadan series on YouTube.

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The team of actors of the popular play "1980 and Above" have launched a new series, "Optional Prison," for Ramadan that is available on YouTube. — Facebook/980wentatale3

Rafik, a young rich Egyptian guy, gathers his friends from college and makes them a proposal: The 12 friends stay at his apartment for an indefinite period and the last one to leave is awarded a large sum of money, just like in the award-winning TV series "Survivor."

The friends, most of whom have not seen each other for a long time, agree to play along, unveiling a glimpse of their complicated past and an even more complicated present as Rafik's apartment becomes their shared habitat and, eventually, "a prison."

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