{"id":35433,"date":"2021-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/alrawabi-school-for-girls-netflix-show-cancelled\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T13:08:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:08:07","slug":"alrawabi-school-for-girls-netflix-show-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/alrawabi-school-for-girls-netflix-show-cancelled\/","title":{"rendered":"Should AlRawabi School For Girls Be Cancelled?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arab teenage dramas might just be our new favourite television genre. The release of AlRawabi School for Girls<\/a> is certainly making the case.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Last month saw the new Netflix Arabic original series hit screens all over the globe. The show, which was created by Tima Shomali and Shirin Kamal consists of six episodes\u2014a limited series that trails the lives of young high school girls in Amman. Its brilliant cast? Andria Tayeh, Joanna Arida, Noor Taher, Rakeen Saad, Salsabiela and Yara Mustafa, all. Of course, as all high school centric series go, it wasn\u2019t short of drama. Describe as an Arab <\/span>Mean Girls, <\/span><\/i>if you will. If not, maybe an Arab <\/span>Gossip Girl<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The plot largely focuses on a group of three girls and their plot of revenge on their bullies, all taking place in Al Rawabi, an all-girls private school in the Jordanian capital. Almost as soon as it dropped, the show made headlines. It was also at the receiving end of major praise for its writing, cinematography and overall production value. For many Arabs, it was the show\u2019s subtle social and cultural elements that made it resonate the most. But you certainly don\u2019t have to be Arab to quickly recognize a quintessential mean girl. Bullying, sexual harassment, mental health and patriarchal attitudes are globally recognizable too, all issues explored in the show.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But much like its predecessor, Netflix\u2019s <\/span>Jinn<\/span><\/i><\/a> (which was also Jordanian), it\u2019s these exact elements that also caused the show to be at the receiving end of criticism. <\/span>Al Rawabi School For Girls <\/span><\/i>was deemed by some to be \u2018unrepresentative\u2019 of Jordanian society, even far too Western-influenced.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Al Rawabi School for Girls is not accurate, girls in Amman are way meaner.<\/p>\n

— Nooran A. (@nooranhamdan) August 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n