THE ARABIC ADAPTATION OF NIPPON TV'S GLOBAL MEGA-HIT DRAMA FORMAT "MOTHER"
TITLED "أُمي" ("MOTHER" IN ARABIC)
PRODUCED BY MEDYAPIM SET TO AIR AND STREAM ON MBC1 TV CHANNEL
AND SHAHID STREAMING PLATFORM BEGINNING MAY 4TH

With 11 international remakes,
"Mother" continues to be the most exported scripted format out of Asia to the world
 

April 29th, 2025 - Nippon TV, Japan's leading multiplatform entertainment powerhouse announced today that Medyapim, a leading production group in Turkey, has finalized production of the Arabic language version of Nippon TV's award-winning drama series Mother. The Arabic series is titled "أُمي" ("Oumi", "Mother" in Arabic), which will premiere on MBC, the largest and leading media company in the Middle East and North Africa, on May 4th, 2025, and stream on its global streaming platform Shahid.
The announcement was made today by Keisuke Miyata, Scripted Format Licensing at Nippon TV, and Fatih Aksoy, Chairman of Medyapim.

Mother achieved award-winning success when it first aired on Nippon TV in Japan in 2010. Other than the Arabic version, the scripted format Mother has been licensed to Turkey, South Korea, Ukraine, Thailand, China, France, Spain, Mongolia, the Philippines and Greece, now recording 11 international remakes and making it the most exported scripted format out of Asia to the world.
The Turkish version titled Anne was produced by Medyapim and MF Yapim, and it has become mega-hits that have gone on to air in almost 50 territories around the world.
Medyapim has previously produced 2 drama series for MBC, including the Arabic adaptation of BBC Studios' Doctor Foster and the Arabic version of its original Turkish drama War of the Roses.

Quote from Keisuke Miyata, Scripted Format Licensing at Nippon TV:
"We are very excited about this and I can't wait for the broadcast start on MBC. Anne produced by Medyapim was huge global success and we have no doubt that the Arabic adaptations will achieve the same success."

Quote from Fatih Aksoy, Chairman of Medyapim:
"A story that originated from Japan, developed by Turkish filmmakers, comes and finds a new home in Saudi Arabia.
The Arabic version of Nippon TV's Mother is a TV series co-produced by Turkey's MedYapim and Saudi Arabia's MBC Group. At the core of the story, the topic of motherhood is being examined. There are 5 main mothers, who go through different aspects of motherhood. Being a mother without giving birth to a child, whereas not being able to be a mother while giving birth to that same child… A collaboration between the culture and traditions of Saudi Arabia, and the Turkish crew's knowledge and experience, Mother has transitioned from cultures and found its Arabian story in Oumi."

Quote from Tarek Ibrahim, General Manager of Content at MBC1 and Shahid MBC:
"The Turkish version of the original series, titled Anne, was produced by Medyapim and MF Yapim, a subsidiary of Medyapim, the leading production companies in Turkey. The series achieved great success, which led to its screening in nearly 50 regions around the world in multiple adapted local versions.
MBC, however, added its own unique cultural touch to the series, which was all filmed and produced in Saudi Arabia, hence it becomes culturally and authentically compatible with the taste of our Arab audience in the region, which is something we strive to maintain in all Arabic adaptations of the scripted shows we produce.
Today, the series Oumi comes to add a new flavor to Arab drama in general, leveraging the wide experience and brilliance of Saudi actors and actresses, therefore we believe that it will extensively resonate among Arab audiences everywhere."

ABOUT MOTHER
Child abuse is arguably one of the cruelest of crimes. Just as horrendous is the all-too common tendency of society to turn a blind eye to this abuse. Mother is the story of a woman who responds to an abused girl's silent cries of help. The heroine of this drama is a woman in her mid-thirties who has apathetically lived her life without interest in romance, society or even her own life. Working as an elementary school teacher, she learns that one of her students is being abused at home. Although unable to comprehend her sudden impulse, she decides to kidnap the young, abused girl to bring up as her own. During her life on the run, she re-examines her past lifestyle and searches for her path in life. Pivotal to this drama is the word "maternal." The heroine, who had never awakened to her own maternal side, discovers this instinct deep within herself. This drama portrays how this unexpected discovery stirs the feelings of hesitation and conflict, which help her to mature as both a woman and as a person.
Mother | NIPPON TV

ABOUT MBC
MBC GROUP is the largest and leading media company in the Middle East & North Africa region that enriches people's lives through information, interaction and entertainment. In 2002, nearly a decade after the launch of MBC1 in London, in 1991, MBC GROUP moved its headquarters to Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates. In September 2022, MBC GROUP launched its new headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Today, MBC GROUP includes over 17 leading TV channels: MBC1 (general family entertainment); MBC2 & MBC MAX (24-hour western movies); MBC3 (children's edutainment with a mix of both local productions and western acquisitions); MBC4 (entertainment for young families with a female-focus); MBC ACTION (an indigenous adrenaline-packed channel targeting young males with local and homegrown productions); MBC VARIETY (Western films and general entertainment with uninterrupted broadcasting); MBC DRAMA (24/7 Arabic drama) & MBC+ DRAMA (a joint pay-TV channel between MBC and OSN); MBC PERSIA (general family entertainment dubbed and subtitled in Farsi); WANASAH (24-hour Arabic music channel); MBC MASR & MBC MASR2 (general family entertainment geared towards the Egyptian family); MBC BOLLYWOOD (delivering the freshest in Bollywood content geared towards the region via an Arabized interface); MBC USA (on "Dish Network" in the US); MBC IRAQ (a premium channel aimed at the entire Iraqi family), MBC5 (new satellite channel dedicated to the Maghreb); all of them benefit from MBC STUDIOS which produces the region's most compelling premium content for cinema, television and on-demand platforms. MBC GROUP also includes two FM radio stations: MBC FM (Gulf music) and Panorama FM (contemporary Arabic hit music).
Furthermore, part of MBC GROUP is Shahid, the world's leading Arabic streaming platform, home to highly rated original productions from the Arab world, a wide range of exclusive movies and premieres, as well as the top watched live Arab TV channels.

ABOUT MEDYAPIM
MEDYAPIM was founded in 1993 by the partnership of Fatih Aksoy (producer & director) and Guzel Sanatlar Holding. It made a very fast and noticeable entrance into the tv business with smash hit entertainment shows during the first years of private televisions in Turkey. In the year 2000, MEDYAPIM took an innovative step and adapted the famous US Series «The Nanny», marking its place as the first production company in the world to adapt a US series. MEDYAPIM has also adapted many worldwide popular programs in Turkey with great success such as «Who Wants to be a Millionaire», «Dancing on Ice», «Popstar». Especially with «Popstar», MEDYAPIM broke rating records in Turkey.
In the past decade, MEDYAPIM has moved towards producing more scripted content, especially dramas. It has produced many successful adaptations of foreign scripted series such as «Desperate Housewives», «Grey's Anatomy», «Shameless», «My Fair Lady» as well as original series such as «Adını Feriha Koydum (A Girl Named Feriha)», «Gullerin Savaşı (War of The Roses)», «Karadaglar (Karadag Family)», "Yasak Elma (Forbidden Fruit)"
In recent years, three Japanese drama formats «Mother», «Woman» and «The Teacher» have been added to MEDYAPIM's noteworthy adaptations with great ratings.
MEDYAPIM has multiplied its production capacity by parenting other production companies including MF Yapım, No:9 Productions and Mednova.
Today MEDYAPIM is recognized as one of Turkey's biggest content producers.

ABOUT NIPPON TV
Nippon TV is Japan's leading multiplatform entertainment powerhouse, as well as owner of streaming giant Hulu in Japan. Nearly 90% of its content IP is fully owned by Nippon TV and the company has been active in bringing its content to the international market in the form of anime, ready-made programs, formats, and through co-production partnerships.
One of the biggest successes for the nation's finest producer of all genres of programming is the Emmy Award-winning Dragons' Den/Shark Tank, a globally successful business show format that has 52 versions in more than 186 countries across all continents of the world. Additionally, their hit drama series Mother has also achieved global success as the most exported scripted format out of Asia.
The company is also known for its viewer-engaging show Old Enough!, streaming on Netflix in over 190 countries and recently adapted in Mongolia and Canada, BLOCK OUT, an action-packed game show format that has been adapted in Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Spain, and the Netherlands, the award-winning unscripted format Sokkuri Sweets, produced as Eye Candy for The Roku Channel in the US, UK, Canada and the Netherlands for NPO1.
Nippon TV has also been producing anime series since the 1950s and acquired Studio Ghibli in 2023, making the Academy Award-winning studio its subsidiary. As evident by the company's success, Nippon TV is leveraging its coveted platform to revolutionize digital media in an ever-changing industry to solidify its presence and brand as a global media leader.
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