Assad Fouladkar
Directing
Biography
Assad Fouladkar is a Lebanese television director of Iranian descent. He studied in Lebanon, and majored in film direction in Boston University, where he also made several documentaries. He then moved to Australia to work as an assistant director in a number of sit-coms. Assad then returned to Lebanon, now working as a film critic and university teacher. After he made his award-winning debut feature “Lama Hekiet Mariam” (When Mariam Told her Story) in 2002, he went on to focus his career on sit-coms, the most famous of which being “Ragel we Set Settat” (A Man and Six Women).
Known For
Ragel We Set Setat follows Adel, a mild‑mannered man constantly overwhelmed by the chaos of living with six outspoken women. Between family drama, comedic misunderstandings, and everyday crises, he navigates marriage, work, and household madness in a fast‑paced sitcom that became one of Egypt’s most iconic comedy staples.
Ragel We Set Setat
The series present comic situations facing the characters, who change according to the situations they are exposed to. We see the hero of the work as a husband at times, a lover at times, a gang leader, and a thief at times.
Skotchat
Following the murder of Tariq, all his family members and close friends become suspects. Until events reveal to us who the real killer is, as we discover the true motives behind the crime.
Banoun
Qarmouti builds a graveyard for his ancestors, and makes it a paid tourists attraction; this causes him lots of problems with the government. Meantime, a journalist videos an antiquities smuggling operation and the tape ends up with Qarmouti who finds himself chased by the smugglers.
Qarmat in Trouble
Four tragicomic interconnected stories about how devoted Muslim men and women are trying to manage their love life and desires without breaking any religious rules.
Halal Love
Ziyad and Maryam are a happy young couple in Lebanon, yet after three years of marriage they remain childless. Due to intense family pressure, they try everything they can but eventually learn that Maryam is infertile. Ziyad repeatedly reassures her of his undying love, but family and social pressure, particularly his evil, meddling mother, gradually poison their happy relationship until the love, enthusiasm and humour of their early days soon take a tragic turn.
When Maryam Spoke Out
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