‘If your wife asks you to change diapers, change your wife’: Lebanon’s hit show parodying the patriarchy

I n Beirut’s Gemmayzeh neighbourhood a rented flat has been transformed into a film set: bright studio lights in a cosy living room. At its centre is Maria Elayan – though she is barely recognisable. Filming for the third season of Smatouha Minni (You Heard It From Me), a feminist series in Arabic,...

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