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Netflix’s Nuha El Tayeb To Lead Streamer’s Arabic Content Following Exit Of Ahmed Sharkawi
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has handed control to its MENA and Turkey content to long-serving exec Nuha El Tayeb following the exit of Ahmed Sharkawi.
Sharkawi, who was Director of Arabic Content, Development, for the past five years out of Amsterdam, announced on LinkedIn earlier this month that he was leaving after “an unforgettable journey” and was “excited for new adventures ahead.” He exits Netflix under amicable circumstances. The streamer’s producing original Arabic series and films such as Paranormal; Abla Fahita; two season of AlRawabi School for Girls, Finding Ola and The Exchange; and Crashing Eid among others. El Tayeb is a veteran Arabic entertainment industry exec, having worked at CBC in Egypt as acquisitions chief and as a senior channels manager at Middle Eastern broadcaster OSN.
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