It’s a story that happens in a workplace, which makes it very tough to make it entertaining. Because it is not a typical love story or a typical action film. What were the main challenges from a production standpoint?īoushahri: The minute they talked to me about the idea and the subject matter, I immediately told them that it would be a big challenge to make this show. And I’m really happy with how it came out. Female characters that I didn’t see enough of from this region. So yeah, it was me reflecting on my childhood and my adolescence and wanting to bring something to the screen that encompassed complex, multi-dimensional characters. These women were pioneers, they were the first to enter these male-dominated spaces. So she entered the investment banking world, and I was consistently around women who were also doing the same thing, who were shattering stereotypes of Khaleeji women. My mom was a single mom - she was solely financially responsible for me, and she wanted the best for me. It was where you would go if you wanted to make some serious money. There was lots of money to go around and not enough people doing money management, you know what I mean? The stock exchange was booming, investment banking was booming. The investment banking business was a big thing in the ’70s and ’80s in Kuwait.
Nadia, as I understand it, this story stems from your personal background?Īhmad: Yes. “The Exchange” was created and written by Nadia Ahmad, Anne Sobel and Adam Sobel produced by Abdullah Boushahri and directed by Jasem AlMuhanna (“The Cage”) and Karim El Shenawy (“Blood Oath”).Īhead of the streamer’s release of “The Exchange” in 190 countries, Variety spoke to Ahmad and Boushahri about the challenges of bringing Kuwait’s first Netflix original to the screen and what it can mean for the rest of the Gulf region.
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