Director Ahmed Farah was inspired to make the series after hearing young people talk on TikTok.
Africa editor, BBC World Service News
"The youth are unseen in Somalia. Seventy-five per cent of the population is under 30 but they are invisible," he says. "Our celebrities are the politicians. They monopolise everything."One star of Arday, 21-year-old Shukri Abdikadir, was plucked out of nowhere to be thrust into the limelight."I didn't even audition," she says.
The series is at the heart of a revival of Somalia's once-thriving film industry, which was shattered by the years of conflict - Mogadishu's famous cinemas blown to smithereens by the endless shooting and shelling.One of the show's main storylines is the drugging and rape of a girl at a party. "We had to kill their characters off," says Farah. "Some hate me for making this series. They call me a traitor, paid by the West to challenge our culture."While members of the older generation were appalled by the themes, some young people in Mogadishu said it was important the series addressed tricky topics.Image source,This was the first time a major Somali series had been filmed on the streets of Mogadishu."People had never seen anything like it.
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