Set against the backdrop of Lebanon, 2020 gathers a crime-drama ensemble led by Kosai Khauli and Nadine Njeim for a story rooted firmly in its home country.
What is 2020 about?
2020 is a Lebanese crime-drama series built around a cast with deep roots in the region's television and film scene. Kosai Khauli and Nadine Njeim take the lead alongside Hussein Mokadem, Carmen Lebbos, and Ramy Ayash, a lineup that spans several generations of Lebanese screen work. The series runs with hour-length episodes, giving its crime and drama threads room to develop at a deliberate pace rather than compressing conflict into short bursts. Philippe Asmar directs, working within a genre that has become a staple of Lebanese and wider Arabic-language television, where family ties, loyalty, and consequence tend to sit at the center of the plot. Rather than leaning on a single case-of-the-week structure, series in this mold typically follow characters across a connected arc, letting relationships and rivalries carry weight from one episode into the next.
About the cast
Carmen Lebbos brings decades of experience in Lebanese and pan-Arab cinema to the ensemble, while Kosai Khauli and Nadine Njeim are established leads in regional television drama. Hussein Mokadem and Ramy Ayash round out a cast built for sustained, character-driven storytelling across the season.
Context & significance
2020 arrived in 2021 as part of a wave of Lebanese-produced crime dramas reaching audiences well beyond the country's borders through regional and diaspora streaming. Lebanon's television industry has long punched above its size in the Arabic-language market, and a crime-drama format lets a large ensemble cast, drawn from film and television alike, share screen time across a full season rather than a single feature. For viewers outside Lebanon, that ensemble approach also means a wider introduction to the country's screen talent than a single film could offer.
Watching 2020 on Ktime
2020 is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, letting Farsi-speaking viewers follow the series in either format. A free K-Time account is all that is needed to start watching, and the show's page can be browsed without signing in first. K-Time's Farsi-first design is built for exactly this kind of regional discovery, surfacing series from across the Arabic-language television landscape for diaspora audiences.