About Selfie
Selfie is a Saudi satirical sketch comedy series that airs on the pan-Arab broadcaster MBC and has become a recurring fixture of the Ramadan television season, the period when Arabic-language drama and comedy traditionally draw their largest audiences. Headlined by the veteran comic actor Nasser Al-Qasabi, the show is built as an anthology of self-contained comic sketches rather than a single continuing storyline, with each episode stringing together short scenarios that lampoon everyday social situations, family dynamics, and modern habits.
The series leans on Al-Qasabi's range as a sketch performer, casting him in a rotating gallery of exaggerated characters across its episodes, from harried fathers and bumbling officials to eccentric neighbors and figures of broad social comedy. Its humor draws on observational satire, situational farce, and quick role changes, a format that lets the program touch a wide variety of comic targets in a single sitting while keeping the tone light, fast, and sketch-driven.
Over multiple Ramadan seasons Selfie established itself as one of the more widely discussed comedy offerings in the Gulf television landscape, blending slapstick and parody with the topical, conversation-starting flavor that audiences associate with the holiday viewing season. Its mix of recurring comic personas, guest performers, and standalone sketches has made it a familiar title for fans of contemporary Saudi and Gulf comedy.
