

A dandy aristocrat loses his mind in WWII Alexandria—and you'll want to watch every second.
Season 2 • Episode 36
LatestSet in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.
Acting
Yehia El Fakharany's decades-long career peak as fractured Bishr.
Production
Lavish recreation of 1940s Alexandria's lost multicultural world.
Writing
Okasha's novelistic 77-episode character study, unprecedented in Arab TV.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Zezenia became shorthand in Egyptian pop culture for elegant self-destruction; mention 'Bouchy' and anyone over 40 knows exactly what you mean.
Okasha based Bishr on real Alexandria families destroyed by racial reclassification under Nasser—this is disguised national history.