Daket el Abeed - Slave Market(2024)

Dakkat Al Abeed (Slave Market) is a Saudi Arabic-language historical drama series produced by MBC Studios and streamed on Shahid, with its second season airing in January 2024. Set at the turn of the twentieth century, the show weaves five parallel storylines — spanning Africa, India, the Caucasus, Arabia, and Britain — each centred on characters whose fates converge around the brutal institution of slavery. Directed by Lassaad Oueslati, Lebanese actresses Natasha Choufani and Joy Hallak performed the . The series drew widespread critical attention for its unflinching portrayal of the slave trade and its human cost across multiple cultures and geographies.