Director: Sam Atallah
In a UAE-set spin on a familiar dating format, hopeful singles agree to fall in love without ever laying eyes on each other first.
What is Love Is Blind: Habibi about?
"Love Is Blind: Habibi" drops a group of single men and women into side-by-side pods where a wall keeps them from seeing one another while they talk. Over ten days, conversations either fizzle out or deepen into a real emotional bond, and any couple that clicks enough to consider marriage can choose to get engaged sight unseen. From there the newly paired couples travel together on a holiday, meeting face to face for the first time and testing whether the connection built through a wall can survive real-world pressure: family expectations, physical chemistry, and the practical business of building a life together before a wedding is even on the table.
Cast & crew
The season is led by cast members Elham Ali and Khaled Saqer, whose journeys anchor much of the season's emotional arc alongside the wider group of hopefuls navigating the pods.
Context & significance
Directed by Sam Atallah, the series is a regional adaptation produced in the United Arab Emirates, part of a wave of local versions of the pods format aimed at Arabic-speaking audiences. It leans on the same premise that made the original popular elsewhere: stripping away appearance to see whether personality and conversation alone can spark a lasting match, while adding cultural context specific to dating and marriage traditions in the Gulf region, from family involvement in courtship to the pace at which engagements are expected to move.
Where & how to watch
"Love Is Blind: Habibi" is available to stream on K-Time with a Farsi-friendly viewing experience, including Persian dubbing and subtitles, so Persian-speaking viewers can follow every pod conversation and reunion moment without missing the nuance. Watching requires logging into a free K-Time account; this page itself is free to read and share.