Karim Abdel Aziz Teams Up with Mohamed Diab for First Time in Film "Quota"

Egyptian actor Karim Abdel Aziz is teaming up with screenwriter and director Mohamed Diab in the film "Quota".

The film marks the first collaboration between the pair and comes as a part of the "Big Time" Investment Fund that aims to raise the quality of Arabic content and filmmaking. 

The fund is sponsored by the General Entertainment Authority (GEA) and co-sponsored by the Ministry of Culture. It invests in the most important Saudi, Gulf, and Arab films by the biggest stars of the Arab world.

On the other hand, Abdel Aziz is gearing up to participate in the Ramadan 2024 drama marathon with the TV series “Al-Hashashin”.

The series also stars Fathy Abdel Wahab, Myrna Noureldin, Ahmed Eid, Eslam Gamal, Nicolas Mouawad, Yasser Ali Maher, Nour Ehab, Omar El Shenawy, and Suzan Najm Aldeen.

The big-budget series was set to screen during the holy month of Ramadan but got postponed to Ramadan 2024 due to the tight schedule and filming time as well as the shooting taking place in several countries abroad.

Abdel Aziz is collaborating with screenwriter Abdel Rahim Kamal and director Peter Mimi on the historical project.

The project takes place in the 11th century and sees the actor playing Hassan Al-Sabbah, the founder of Al-Hashashin.

Al-Hashashin was a sect of assassins that operated between 1090 and 1275 CE.

During that time, they lived in the mountains of Persia and Syria and the covert murder of leaders who were considered enemies of the Nizārī Ismāʿīlī State.