In Egypt, This Year’s Ramadan Soap Operas Star Conservative Islamists

Moltaheen – ‘people with beards’ – are all over TV this Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, which Egyptians mark by staying up through the night and watching multi-episode soap operas. … These programs were filmed when Morsi still held power, and they appear to be the cultural establishment’s collective protests against extremism.”