Ramy Youssef, an American-Egyptian actor, has signed a new deal with Amazon

Ramy Youssef, an Egyptian-American actor, will star in two seasons of an animated comedy series for Amazon, Variety reported this week. The unnamed program will focus on the experiences of a Muslim-American family in the early 2000s, which was “a time of fear, war, and the rapid expansion of the boy-band industrial complex.”

The deal is part of the new partnership that the comedian and his production company, Cairo Cowboy, have with Amazon. The Golden Globe winner is the co-creator of the series with Pam Brady, a US writer and TV producer.

With Iraqi-British journalist Mona Chalabi, the two will serve as executive producers of the show. The film will be co-produced by A24 and Amazon Studios.

“Amazon Studios has committed to making a show with me that I never could have dreamed of getting made, let alone explore for two seasons,” Youssef told the publication, adding that he was “excited and grateful” to be working with Amazon Studios on the new partnership.