<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Artist Ahmed Mekky is preparing to participate this year in the series “Ain Shams” after agreeing with those in charge of the work to reduce the number of episodes to only 15 episodes, instead of 30, because the story of the work does not need to be told in more than 15 episodes.<br></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl( 187, 48%, 51% );">Mekki's first experience in popular drama</span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br> This is his first experience in short series, as he has been presenting 30-episode works of art over the past years.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> On the other hand, director Ahmed Saleh has finished building new sets for the series inside the popular neighborhood in Media Production City, and Mekky will begin filming within days after naming all the series' stars.<br><br> "Ain Shams" is written by Hani Sarhan and directed by Ahmed Saleh, and through it Ahmed Mekky presents popular drama for the first time in his artistic career.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl( 187, 48%, 51% );">13 years of “El Kabeer Awy”</span> </h3><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:390/220;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/eba43d0c-07a9-4ad2-b5e2-870fa8c9ff49.jpg" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br> In the past years, Mekky presented 8 parts of the successful comedy series “Al Kabeer Awi” over the course of more than 13 years, as the first part began in 2011, and the eighth part was presented in the previous Ramadan season 2024.</p>