House of Gods on ABC – Batul (Maia Abbas) confronts Isa (Osamah Sami) about the money transfer from the mosque account. Isa insists it was for charity.
Sheikh Mohammad (Kamel El Basha) accepts Isa’s explanation.
Batul’s husband Bilal (Saif Alawadi) tells Batul he would move to Australia if it means Batul would try IVF. Batul wrestles with the idea of interfering with God’s will, even though her father says IVF is sanctioned and indeed encouraged, if it means fulfilling one’s duty to raise children. Batul rails against the notion that she isn’t enough without children.
Isa appeals to Seyyed Modhaffer (Faris Daniel) to provide a courier to take the money back to Iraq as he cannot make large transfers unnoticed. Seyyed Modhaffer agrees on the proviso Isa comes up with collateral for the monthly payments.
Isa discovers a deed to his mother’s Baghdad apartment, which she left only to her daughters. Feeling betrayed and minimised as an adopted child, Isa offers the title deed to Seyyed (Majid Shokor) as collateral. It’s the apartment Batul and Bilal still live in.
Hind (Safia Arain) asks Batul’s best friend’s daughter Jamila (Priscilla Doueihy) to help her with an assignment for college by modelling her designs in a secret photoshoot in the mosque.
Production Credit: A MATCHBOX PICTURES PRODUCTION
House of Gods on ABC and ABC iview – Sunday 17 March, 2024 at 8.30pm.
About House of Gods
The ABC is thrilled to announce the landmark six-part drama series House of Gods premieres Sunday 25 February at 8.30pm on ABC TV, with all episodes available to stream on ABC iview.
House of Gods follows the lives of an ambitious Iraqi Australian family grappling with newfound power and privilege when their charismatic patriarch is elected Head Cleric of their local mosque. This compelling series takes audiences behind the walls of an imam’s family and the community he leads, exploring the personal cost of power and ambition.
Produced by Matchbox Pictures and directed by Fadia Abboud (Here Out West, Year Of, Five Bedrooms) House of Gods features an impressive cast including, Osamah Sami (Ali’s Wedding, Savage River, Shayda), International award-winning actor Kamel El Basha (Our Males and Females, Room 207 ), Maia Abbas (Savage River), Safia Arain (Bump), the late Simon Elrahi (Last King of the Cross), Priscilla Doueihy (Special Ops: Lioness, Babyteeth, Eden) and Majid Shokor (Stateless, Nowhere Boys).
For co-creator, writer and co-executive producer Osamah Sami, who himself grew up as the son of a Head Cleric, House of Gods is a celebration of his community with all its traditions and flaws.
Sami said: “Storytelling is how we all connect. It’s how we tell each other we’re not alone in this world. All the cultural and religious differences go out the door once you realise another person can experience the same feelings as you even though they’re from another part of the world, or their religion or skin colour is different. That’s our hope for House of Gods”.
Production Credit: House of Gods is a Matchbox Pictures production for the ABC. Major production investment from Screen Australia and the ABC. Financed with support from Screen NSW. International sales by NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution. Matchbox Pictures is part of Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group. Created by Osamah Sami and Shahin Shafaei, developed by Blake Ayshford, produced by Bree-Anne Sykes and executive produced by Sheila Jayadev, Blake Ayshford and Debbie Lee. ABC Executive Producers Sally Riley and Brett Sleigh.
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