Elect Mother of Ali

Nov 3, 1993

3h 30m

★ 7.0

Overview

A Kuwaiti comedy play that talks about the period that followed the liberation of Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion. The play cynically dealt with the issue of women entering the political battlefield through Umm Ali (Ansar Al-Sharah) mother, wife and housewife who decides to run in the parliamentary elections and faces many problems and strange situations .

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Kuwait TV

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Cast

أبو حمد

Dawood Hussein

أم علي

Entesar Alsharah

علي / النائب

Abdullrahman Al-Aqel

أبو علي

Khalel Esmail

أستاذ سنبل / أبو فواز / أبو مجبل

Mohamed ElAjaime

جمال / أم عهدي

Abd Al-Nasser Darweesh

Mona Abdul Majeed

Abdullah Al-Otaibi

Sabah Al-Diqaaq

Abdul Mohsen Al-Suhail

Jabir Sabah

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