DOLLAR 
FLOWER OF ALEPPO 
AL HAYBA 
Hit Arabic TV show “Al Hayba,” about a family of arms smugglers working the border between Syria and Lebanon, is set for a Turkish adaptation in a milestone deal inked between prominent Lebanese film and TV production company Cedars Art Production and Turkish TV powerhouse Ay Yapim (“Forbidden Love”).The “Al Hayba” agreement between Cedars Art and Ay Yapim marks the first international adaptation of an Arabic longform format in recent times and also the first time an Arabic show gets...
Cedars Art Production
Sadek
Sabbah
CEO
One of the most influential producers in the Arab region, Sabbah took over in 2000 at family business Cedars Art, started by his grandfather in Cairo and Beirut. Since then, he and brother Ali have grown the company into a prolific Arabic content creator. Cedars Art has built strong connections with U.S. streamers and studios as well. “Al Habya,” a huge Middle East hit picked up by Netflix, wrapped this year after five seasons. The shingle has also produced Netflix original “Dollar” and “Sukkar Ziada,” an Egyptian adaptation of “Golden Girls” that it made in partnership with Disney. This year, Cedars Art produced “Hell’s Gate” — the first Arab science-fiction drama of its kind — for Shahid VIP, the streaming service of Middle East broadcast giant MBC.
