Ramy Youssef to collaborate with Amazon Studios for adult animated comedy series

The animated comedy series will explore the experiences of a Muslim-American family that must learn how to code-switch as they navigate the early 2000s.

Ramy Youssef | Image via Amazon Studios

Ramy Youssef, known for his popular Hulu series Ramy has signed a first look deal with Amazon Studios for the first two seasons of his animated adult comedy series.

Here is the official logline as shared by Amazon: "The animated comedy series will explore the experiences of a Muslim-American family that must learn how to code-switch as they navigate the early 2000s: A time of fear, war, and the rapid expansion of the boy-band industrial complex."

Youssef will produce via his Cairo Cowboy banner with Andy Campagna, the former senior vice president of television for Sam Esmail’s Esmail Corp. He has co-created the series with Pam Brady.

He and Brady are also executive producers along with Mona Chalabi, a journalist and illustrator whose work has been featured in publications like The New Yorker and The New York Times among others. Cairo Cowboy is an A24 and Amazon Studios co-production.

"Anchored by Pam Brady and Mona Chalabi, we’ve brought together a special group of experienced and first-time writers to make something that I hope will be a genuine contribution to the animated space, and television," said Youssef in a statement.

Youssef's series featured him in the titular role as a son of Muslim immigrants living in New Jersey and how he's conflicted between his traditions and the ideals of the Western community he's been exposed to.

Ramy Season 1 won him the Golden Globe for best actor in a comedy series as well as multiple Emmy nominations. The show is now in its third season, which will premiere on Hulu soon.

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