Love Is Blind Habibi Season 2: Release Date, Cast and Format

Netflix has set a global November 12 premiere

Netflix’s October 20 announcement sets November 12, 2026 as the global premiere date for Love Is Blind Habibi Season 2. It lists ten episodes and introduces 27 singles. Those are the firm details a viewer can use now: when the season starts and how many episodes the season contains. The official announcement describes a worldwide launch on Netflix.

The National’s same-day season preview confirms the ten-episode total but says the announcement does not explain the release pattern. Episodes could arrive together or in batches; the October 20 material does not settle that question. The distinction matters for anyone planning a watch night or weekly catch-up, because a premiere date does not tell viewers how the remaining episodes will be paced. Netflix’s title page or a later schedule announcement will need to answer that part.

The announced group has 27 people from twelve listed countries

Netflix counts 13 men and 14 women. Its announcement names Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria and Tunisia as countries represented in the group. The list spans North Africa, the Levant and the Gulf, and gives a more precise account of the announced cast than a broad label such as “the Arab world.”

These are the countries Netflix attaches to the participants. They do not identify where Season 2 was filmed or establish where every person currently lives. The National’s cast guide adds names, ages and nationalities, while the announcement gives the group totals. Together those details help identify the people introduced before the episodes arrive; they do not reveal who will pair up or how many engagements the season will show.

The published biographies point to very different day jobs

The National’s 27-person guide supplies selected public-profile details alongside the names. Sudanese model Nour Yahya walked for Chanel during Paris Fashion Week in March. Lebanese participant Rabab Ahmad runs Dhyana Yoga Studio and Cafe in Zambia and a book club that has featured novels by Haruki Murakami and Kazuo Ishiguro. These details give viewers something concrete to recognize when the cast appears on screen.

The guide describes Moroccan participant Karima Chamsi as an entrepreneur interested in art and fashion, and says she walked the Venice Film Festival red carpet in September. Tunisia’s Ranouna Essafi describes her work as head of recruitment, content creator and model, based between the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Lebanese pianist Rita Chamaa is also described as a literature fan; she says she often leaves a bookshop with a romance novel or a psychology title. The profiles cover work, location and interests, with different levels of detail for each person.

The men’s entries add other kinds of work. Egyptian Ahmed Selim describes himself as a former professional boxing champion, while Lebanese author and HR executive Ziad Moghrabi published Thrive in Retail in 2024. Talal Al Halabi, also Lebanese, founded Vin17 Automotive Creative Studio, which the guide says uses AI, CGI and mixed reality. Kuwait’s Omran Quli is described as a chemical engineer, fitness coach and boat-rental business owner. These short introductions are useful cast identifiers; they should not be read as clues to a relationship storyline.

Rym Saidi and Wissam Braidy take over as hosts

Netflix names Rym Saidi and Wissam Braidy as the presenters for Season 2. The National says they replace first-season hosts Elham Ali and Khaled Saqer. The spelling differs across coverage: Netflix writes “Braidy,” while The National’s preview uses “Breidy” in its headline and body. Following the official spelling keeps the names consistent with the announcement.

The National says the new hosts will accompany participants from the initial search for a partner through the decisions made after they meet face to face. That description places the pair across both stages of the show. The available announcement does not give a scene-by-scene schedule or say how much screen time the hosts receive, so a more detailed account of their role will have to come from the episodes.

The pods are followed by decisions outside the rooms

Participants first talk from separate pods. They can hear potential partners but cannot see them, and a person who forms a connection may choose to get engaged before the first in-person meeting. The Netflix announcement describes the pods as reopening for a new group; The National explains that engagement can precede the first face-to-face meeting.

The show then follows relationships beyond the pods. The National says physical attraction, family expectations and the practical work of building a life together influence whether couples go ahead with a wedding. Netflix’s announcement also names family, tradition and modern courtship as themes for the new season. That gives viewers a clearer picture of the format than the pod premise alone: the experiment moves from conversation without sight into decisions made in a social setting.

Both Netflix and the outlet use the word “experiment” for the programme. Here it describes the reality-TV premise, not a controlled study of human attraction. The published format can tell viewers what participants will be asked to do; it cannot establish a general result about relationships or predict which couples will last.

The Season 2 filming location has not been named

The National’s October 20 preview says the latest announcement did not identify where the second season was filmed. Its account of Season 1 names locations in the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon, including Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and the EddeSands resort in Byblos after participants left the pods. That history gives returning viewers production context, but it does not show that the new season used the same locations.

The same preview says Netflix had not confirmed structural changes to the format at that time. The official notice gives the broad returning premise and the new cast, but does not describe new rules or a different sequence. Until a production note or episode supplies those details, the supported account is limited to the announced date, cast, hosts and pods-based setup.

The second cast is larger than the first

The National’s 2024 Season 1 cast guide describes 20 singles, ten men and ten women, from seven countries across nine episodes. The new group has seven more participants, five more listed countries and one additional episode. The gender split also changes from an even count to 14 women and 13 men. The numbers give returning viewers a direct measure of the change in scale without implying that a larger cast will produce more couples or storylines.

That 2024 guide also places Habibi within the wider franchise: it says the US edition began in 2020 and lists later versions in Brazil, Japan, Sweden, the UK, Germany, Mexico and Argentina. This is useful when searching for Season 2 coverage, because a headline that leaves out “Habibi” can refer to another country’s edition. Netflix’s current announcement is the source for the Arabic-language series’ November 12 date and new cast; the older guide describes its first season and the franchise’s earlier rollout.