‘Baghdad Central’ Star Waleed Zuaiter Launches Production Company With Diversity Focus

Fremantle Waleed Zuaiter , who has starred in Netflix’s The Spy and Hulu and Channel 4 drama Baghdad Central, has launched his own production company to tackle diversity in TV and film. Zuaiter, who produced Omar , the Palestinian feature that was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars, has established FlipNarrative , which will be based in LA, London and Beirut. He wants to amplify underrepresented and historically misrepresented voices around the world and to be a bridge between the U.S. and the Middle East and North Africa. He has unveiled a slew of projects already in various stages of development. These include The Valley , a fictionalized take on the illicit drug trade in Lebanon, a romantic comedy feature set in Palestine/Israel, an epic female centric family drama feature set in Morocco, and Perception , a documentary currently in post-production about world-renowned artist, El Seed, who ventures into the hidden corners outside Cairo and begins painting an ambitious grand mural. He will be helped by The Artist Partnership, and Echo Lake Entertainment, which will both represent and consult with FlipNarrative. The company has also launched with a development fund, a vehicle for optioning and holding […]

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