Director: Kosai Khauli
Cast: Kosai Khauli, Dima Kandalaft, Razane Jammal, Milad Yousef, Randa Kaady
The Fate is a 2025 Lebanese drama series directed by Kosai Khauli, centered on a married couple navigating the painful intersection of family pressure, fertility struggles, and an unconventional decision that tests the foundations of their relationship and reshapes everyone around them.
What is The Fate about?
Tala and Zayd have spent years building a life together, but the absence of a child has become an open wound — not just between them, but within Zayd's family, whose criticisms grow louder with each passing season. Exhausted by conventional paths and desperate to preserve the marriage she values above all else, Tala makes a bold, controversial choice: she will bring in a surrogate. What unfolds is not a simple arrangement but a cascade of emotional, social, and moral consequences that neither Tala nor Zayd could have predicted. The series examines how one decision ripples outward, touching every person in their orbit and forcing each character to confront their own beliefs about love, duty, and family.
Cast & crew
Kosai Khauli, who both directs and appears in the series, brings a distinctive Lebanese sensibility to the material. Dima Kandalaft and Razane Jammal headline the ensemble alongside Milad Yousef, Randa Kaady, Rania Salwan, Wissam Hanna, and Pierre Dagher — a cast drawn from the Arab world's most recognized television talent.
Context & significance
Lebanese drama has long held a devoted audience among Persian-speaking viewers across the diaspora, prized for its emotional authenticity and its willingness to engage with subjects that more conservative regional productions sidestep. The Fate arrives in a tradition of Arab family dramas that treat surrogacy, marital strain, and in-law conflict not as taboo spectacle but as genuine human terrain. For Iranian diaspora audiences — many of whom share the same cultural weight placed on marriage, fertility, and family honor — the story resonates on a deeply personal level. The series is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing, making it fully accessible even for viewers whose Arabic is limited.
Where & how to watch
The Fate is available on K-Time with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Stream it on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no extra download needed, no VPN, no geo-blocking. Subscribe and cancel anytime.