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What was the name of the landmark 1994 TV series — based on the real autobiography of an Egyptian spy who infiltrated Israeli society in the 1950s and 1960s — that was the most expensive television production in Arab history at the time?
Answer: Ra'fat al-Haggan — Ra'fat al-Haggan, starring Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, was a three-part espionage epic dramatizing the life of Rif'at al-Jammal, who posed as a Jewish businessman named Jacques Bitton, penetrated Israeli high society, and fed intelligence to Cairo for over a decade — the series was so popular that traffic stopped during its broadcast and its hero's real identity is still debated.
- A Dumou fi Uyun Waqiha
- B Al-Helmeya Nights
- C Al-Shahd wa al-Dumou'
- D Ra'fat al-Haggan ✓
Ra'fat al-Haggan, starring Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, was a three-part espionage epic dramatizing the life of Rif'at al-Jammal, who posed as a Jewish businessman named Jacques Bitton, penetrated Israeli high society, and fed intelligence to Cairo for over a decade — the series was so popular that traffic stopped during its broadcast and its hero's real identity is still debated.