“Halal Victims” … a series that causes an uproar among the...

  The tweeters of the series considered a distortion of the customs of Saudi society (Facebook) 
The series "Halal Victims", which is shown on the "Shahid" platform of the Saudi MBC channel, caused a sensation, after clips of it were published on social media, which filmed the process of a misyar marriage between a school child and an adult woman, which was considered by tweeters as an encouragement for "pedophilia". .  While other Saudi singers considered the series a distortion and a shame on the customs of Saudi society. 

Saudi art critics accused the Syrian series writer, Nour Al-Shikashli, of defaming and slandering Saudi society, and not knowing its customs and traditions. “The Syrian or Egyptian, what is it right? Well, this is a series called Victims Halal, which discusses the” crisis “of misyar marriage in Saudi Arabia, and the misfortune is that the writer is a Syrian.

And another tweet said: “In the whole world, serials are realistic and logical, such as scenario and supervision of local actors and directors, except for Saudi series, which still attract foreigners to represent and create stories and scenarios that are offensive to all the Saudi people. I hope that everyone who facilitated and financed the production of this work, garbage and filth, be held accountable.”

Abdullah Al-Mwaina said: “By virtue of being a citizen, I know what I have and what I owe, and I know the system of government and its articles: I call on the Public Prosecution to: hold accountable those who allowed filming and publishing. Charge the spread of moral corruption for all those involved in this work. Create an administration that protects citizens and their reputation from these actions. The criminalization of these actions.

The largest share of criticism was directed at the Saudi artist, Hassan Asiri, who produced the film for the MBC group, as the tweeters accused him of seeking quick profit and profiting from publishing what they described as “child pornography”, which does not represent the Saudi society or Gulf societies. ”