46 minSeason 2 • Episode 6
LatestThe floor of the exchange heats up as the IPO goes live. Will Munira and Farida’s hard work finally rise to the occasion or plummet to new lows?
Set in Kuwait in 1988, two women making their way in the boys club of the Kuwait Stock Exchange, on the eve of Saddam Hussein's invasion of the country.
Acting
Rawan Mahdi's controlled fury could freeze oil futures.
Production
Kuwait 1988 recreated with obsessive period detail.
Writing
Finance jargon that thrills instead of bores—miracle.
Creators
Nadia Ahmad, Anne Sobel, Adam Sobel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
First major international series set in pre-invasion Kuwait, filmed with local talent during pandemic restrictions.
The KSE was historically male-dominated until 1990s reforms; Farida's character composites several real 'first women' traders whose stories were buried by the invasion's trauma.
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