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Mo Amer took inspiration from his own life for his Netflix comedy series Mo, co-created by Ramy Youssef, which follows a Palestinian refugee seeking asylum and U.S. citizenship in Houston. The series premiered in August on the streamer and quickly received acclaim for being one of the first American TV…

The third season of Ramy Youssef's award-winning show Ramy, which dropped on Hulu at the end of September, saw the titular American-Egyptian protagonist head to Jerusalem to cut a business deal with a tough-talking diamond dealing clan in an episode entitled Egyptian Cigarettes. Naïve to the…

Ramy Youssef may not be the same person as the titular character in his Hulu series Ramy, but the Golden Globe-winning, multi-Emmy-nominated creator and star certainly relates to the New Jersey Millennial Arab-American man at the heart of his show. Joining 20 Questions on Deadline this week…

Ramy Hassan (Ramy Youssef) is having a crisis of faith in the Season 3 trailer (above) of his eponymous Hulu series, premiering September 30. The show’s return continues to chronicle the character’s journey of self-discovery as an Egyptian-American millennial who is questioning his Muslim faith and the existence of…

Labor Day is behind us, and the Primetime Emmys are just days away as a whole new round of potentially award winning television is about to debut. So, what is the show you have to watch? Check out the video review above to find out. Queen Sugar is kicking off its 13-episode seventh and final season tonight on OWN. A…

The long-awaited Season 3 premiere of Hulu‘s Ramy has been set for September 30. Ramy Youssef returns for 10 episodes of the acclaimed series which follows first-generation, Egyptian-American Ramy Hassan (Youssef) and his family as they navigate spirituality in their politically-divided New Jersey neighborhood. Ramy…

Amazon Studios has handed a two-season order to an adult animated comedy series from Emmy-nominated Ramy Youssef and A24. The series is part of a new first-look deal between Amazon Studios and Youssef’s production imprint Cairo Cowboy. The as-yet untitled comedy will exclusively stream on Prime Video in more than 240…

Editor’s note: This article is derived from a conversation between Ramy Youssef and producer Maytha Alhassen and is one in a series of Deadline stories tied to the 20th anniversary of 9/11. It's a fairly sunny fall afternoon, and we see Farouk Hassan, the father of an Egyptian-Muslim family based in Rutherford, NJ…

EXCLUSIVE: Golden Globe winning actor Ramy Youssef is in negotiations to board Poor Things, Searchlight and Film4’s reteam with The Favourite filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and star Emma Stone.  Youssef’s role is under wraps. Poor Things is a Victorian tale of love, discovery and scientific daring, and tells the…

EXCLUSIVE: Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) is looking to boost visibility and champion Middle Easter voices with the newly formed Middle Eastern Writers Committee (MEWC). The new committee will help bolster Middle Eastern writers within the film and television industry, while continuing to celebrate and promote…

Final Draft, a Cast & Crew Company, will honor Aaron Sorkin, Steve McQueen, Ramy Youssef and more at its 16th annual Final Draft Awards. The virtual March 2 awards ceremony is also set to celebrate the work of Sofia Coppola and Radha Blank. “2020 has been a year of cataclysmic change and has amplified the need and…

Co-founder and Executive Director of Black Lives Matter Patrisse Cullors is set to host her first live streaming event on YouTube for election night — which is tonight in case you didn’t know. Patrisse Cullors + BLMPAC Present: Live From Election Night will stream on Cullors’s YouTube channel starting at 6pm PT/9pm…