Kids are still young, they still need you. What is so appealing about Ola, now that she is in her 40s?įor women, their 40s is the toughest decade. I think this made it easier for them to agree with trusting me with her. She is the character who shaped my relationship with the pan-Arab audience. I’ve had a relationship with her for more than 10 years. The trust came from the fact that they know how much I love and know Ola inside and out. It came natural to me, even though I have zero experience. Did you also ask Netflix to be executive producer on the show? And when Netflix approached me about a show I suggested Ola and they immediately liked the idea. I love her dearly, because people love her. I see her as a bridge between me and people. I believe that if you have a character that provides a good connection to an audience why change it. Now it’s a coming-of-age of a women in her 40s. The original was a coming-of-age of a woman in her 30s. Sabry spoke to Variety about her belief in the soft power of Ola to connect with viewers and also prompt positive change in the Arab world and beyond. The streamer is preparing subtitles in 32 languages and four dubbed versions for when the show soon drops –– no firm date has been set –– in 190 countries. Beyond the built-in pan-Arab appeal, for “ Finding Ola” Netflix is also looking to the global market. While in the original, Ola was under social pressure to get married before turning 30, and explored a lot of options, a decade later she is juggling responsibilities as a mother, a daughter, her job as a pharmacist, and her “attempts at finding love,” as the Netflix synopsis puts it. The show sees Sabry reprise her role as the widely beloved Ola Abdel-Sabour character she played 10 years ago in groundbreaking social drama “I Want to Get Married” (Ayza Atgawez). Cairo-based Tunisian film and TV star Hend Sabry is debuting as an executive producer on upcoming Netflix Arab Original “ Finding Ola,” a series she proposed to the streamer.

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