Synopsis
أبو شنب
Esmat Abu Shanab (Yasmin Abdul Aziz) is a female police officer who works in an administrative position and tries in various ways to work on field assignments.
Other Titles From El Sobky Films for Cinema Production
The 2015–2017 Other Asia Window
Abu Shanab holds position #29 of 78 Other Asia films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Other Asia Landscape
2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Other Asia — 30 titles released, including Abu Shanab. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (226 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 29 other Other Asia films in 2016.
The 373rd Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Audience Engagement
12 audience reviews — more than 25% of Other Asia films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 30th percentile among Other Asia films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #257 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (53rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Comedy productions specifically: #72 of 183 (top 39%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Egypt |
| Original Language | Arabic |
| Production Companies | El Sobky Films for Cinema Production |
| Runtime | 1h 54m |
| Release Date | July 6, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5744102 |












