Cairo — Perhaps there has been no true crime story in Egyptian modern history that inspired dramatists, filmmakers and writers the way the almost one-century-old saga of convicted female serial killers Raya and Sakina Hamman did.

Most recently, Oscar-winning Irish writer-director Terry George and celebrated Egyptian author and scriptwriter Mariam Naoum have teamed up to draft a new thriller TV series titled "The Alexandria Killings." The TV series is based on the true events of a serial killing spree by the two notorious sisters, Raya and Sakina, set in Egypt's Mediterranean city of Alexandria during the British colonial rule of the country.

The new adaptation, in both Arabic and English, will be co-produced by Dubai-based Front Row Filmed Entertainment and London-based RocketScience via their Middle East joint venture Yalla Yalla and directed by George.

According to a statement released by the producers end of April, the new series will chronicle the story of the two siblings’ brothel operation, which involved an influential circle of Egyptian and British officers, informants and statesmen and the eventual downfall of the sisters and their accomplices.