285:. The film was released in 2021 on Netflix. As the show runner, writer, and director of the second original Arabic Netflix series ever, Shomali wanted to tell a story about women in the region. Working alongside the writer Shirin Kamal, the two writers created a full female cast drama series, that takes place in an all girls school and explores the ideas of revenge and bullying. The story is about a girl who gets bullied by other girls in her school, and decides to take matters into her hands in order to get revenge. When asked about the show, Director of International Originals at Netflix Simran Sethi said:
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