Director Tarek El Eryan chose the famous and legendary "Alf Lailah wa Lailah" also known as "Arbian Nights" to enter the world of drama with it for the first time. He will start shooting the first scenes of the series next Friday 20 March inside Tarek Nour Studios. It has been said lately that Mohamed Yassin was going to direct the drama but it turns out to be just rumours. The series consists of five stories adopted from the famous book but carries within it a new and hip vision put by script writer Mohamed Amin Radi. The series will be released into two parts, the first in Ramadan 2012 and the next in Ramadan 2013. It is produced by "K Film – Adel Abdallah" and the cast includes many stars like Donia Samir Ghanem, Eyad Nassar, Ghada Abd El Raqek, Sawsan Bader, Amr Abd El Galil, Ward El Khal and Nicole Saba. Even though Menna Shalabi's name was linked to ""Alf Lailah wa Lailah" but the list of actors chosen for the work did not include her.