Netflix film “Perfect Strangers” became the most-watched on the region’s streaming company website after it was released on January 20.

Perfect strangers tells a story of seven friends who decide to share their phones incoming messages during a dinner night. The message shares basically revealed secrets related to sexting, homosexuality, loss of virginity and some secret love affairs.

The movie “Perfect Strangers” is the most remade film in cinema history. It is available in 18 different languages; it has sparked talks over loyalty, friendship and privacy.

But in Netflix latest Arabic version, the movie has created a different level of debate – one about the sexuality of women and LGBT rights and what symbolises the religious and family values in the Middle East.

This is the first Netflix’s Arabic movie that quickly became the most-watched in the history of streaming website in the region after being released on January 20. It collected particular criticism in Egypt on a scene where Egypt actress Mona Zaki character is seen taking off her underwear from underneath her dress.

Meanwhile, one of the male characters of that movie comes out as gay, which was a surprise fool for his childhood friends.

According to the Egyptian member of the Parliament “‘Mostafa Bakri’, the film mainly targetted family values and said Egypt should ban Netflix.

However, there were other reasons to ban the film in the country and several threats of cases over its “promotion” of homosexuality. It is an issue that can lead dozens of LGBT people and activists to face arbitrary arrest and even torment.

In a Facebook post, Ashraf Zaki, the head of Egypt’s Actors Union, said that it stood behind actress Mona Zaki and added “the role of the arts… is to manage the difficult issues” in a society “that believes in freedom.”

However, Egyptian cinema was traditionally a pioneer in portraying sexuality, most notably through belly dancing.