The unfortunate Arabic language teacher Hamam's luck finally changes, when the opportunity comes to him to be the tutor of the daughter of a wealthy pasha. He falls for her, but when he finds out that she's in love with a reckless man, he tries to save her from him with the help of an officer.
Hamam (Pigeon) is an Arabic language teacher. Suffering from persistent bad luck, it seems like he's stuck in his desperate sad life forever. A rare opportunity comes at last when he's hired to teach Arabic to the daughter of a wealthy aristocrat. He starts to like the girl but discovers that she's a victim of a reckless rich playboy. One night he accompanies her to meet the playboy in a night club. Worried about her, he rallies to an officer to save her from inside the night club. The officer, in turn, takes a liking to the girl and starts flirting with her. Hamam, jealous of the officer, tries to get rid of him by hiding with the girl in a house that turns out to belong to Youssef Wahby, the famous actor. Wahby also starts flirting with the beautiful aristocratic girl and discovers through his conversation with Hamam that the poor teacher is in love with the girl but she doesn't feel the same for him. They leave of the artist's house just to find the officer waiting for them. The officer and the girl begin to fall in love while both tears of joy and sadness glimmer in Hamam's eyes.
Hamam, a poor Arabic teacher is called to teach Arabic to an aristocratic girl. Eventually he loves her but the girl loves another man they both met by chance.