Before the 1967 setback in a public transport bus, a quarrel occurrs between Jaber and his neighbor Marzouq with the bus collector. The quarrel ends with Jaber and Marzouq getting booked at the police...Read more station, where they are in detention with a group of political opponents. They get deported with all the detainees to prison.
In the sixties, the lives of three college classmates, Isma'il, Zainab and Hemy, takes a dark turn when the three of them are arrested and tortured as a part of the repressive and violent practices...Read more that were employed by the General Intelligence Directorate back then.
Atris grows up to take after his tyrannical and cruel grandfather. As he forces his control on the people of the Dahashna village, his childhood sweetheart, Fo'ada refuses to marry him due to his...Read more growing brutality. Despite her rejection, Atris asks her father for her hand in marriage.
Adel works as a journalist in a major newspaper. One night, he witnesses the crime committed by Nashat Al Kashef, son of the well-known businessman Fahmy Al Kashef, as he kills the bar worker Morsi...Read more and injures the dancer Nadia after she refused to go back to his house with him, whereupon Adel tries to let the truth be known, while Fahmy tries to protect his son.
The events take place before the defeat of 1967, where journalist Youssef is working to conduct a report on thefts occurring in the public sector. At the same time, Bahia works as a seamstress to...Read more provide a good living for her daughter, while renting rooms for a number of people from different segments.
Inside the prostitution district of Old Cairo, an honest policeman is appointed to fight corruption and bullying inside the neighborhood, until he falls in love with one of the women there. After a...Read more trap is set for him, he gets fired from his job.
Sheikh Abdel 'Aal is the Imam of a mosque at Al-Batiniya, the den of vice and drug-dealing. When he meets the charming Lili, he cannot get over her, and he fantasizes about being with her as he gets...Read more torn between his faith and his desire.
Adel, a young student, breaks up with his girlfriend Amal and travels to Alexandria seeking tranquility and peace of mind. In Alexandria, he crosses paths with the dancer Fardous who lures him in as...Read more he stays with her. Growing concerned about him, his father travels to Alexandria to look for him.
Following her father's murder and her brother's arrest, Soheir is recruited to write reports on college students and professors who oppose the ruling regime. Growing repentant, Soheir starts to hate...Read more herself and regret what she has done.
During the Turkish occupation of the city of Kufa, an Imam called Juha guides people to walk on the right path, and showing the ills of the occupation, which makes the Turkish ruler thinks that Juha...Read more became a threat and ordered his imprisonment. After his release, he continues his struggle against injustice.