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.
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.
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.
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.
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.