Episodes: Series - Bent Men Shoubra - 2004

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Maria's grandson is arrested for affiliating with a terrorist organization. Maria's children try to find a solution to get him out of prison and change his extremist ideas. Khaled Radwan tries to take up his case.

Maria visits her imprisoned grandson to talk with him, but he accuses her of disbelief, and she decides to tell him her full story in order to change his ideas. She asks Khaled to translate it into Arabic for her.

Maria lies in the hospital in a poor condition, and Khaled decides to deliver Maria's diary, in which she tells her story and life in the Shubra neighborhood, to Karim. Karim begins reading it in prison.

A flashback into the past portrays Sandro as he tries to secure a good life for his daughter, Maria. Maria's family is saddened by the death of Uncle Orlando, and Kamel tries to win Maria's heart without success because she does not like Egyptians.

Kamel commits suicide after Maria rejects him, and Maria feels guilty. Sandro tries to bring Tony and Maria together in order to guarantee her an ideal marriage, but she cannot bear him and decides to leave the party because of his humiliating treatment.

Sandro tries to find a way to get to know Pietro, who is close to the king, to bring his daughter closer to these circles. Everyone complains about Elza's behavior, and the residents try to find a solution for her.

Sandro succeeds in getting an invitation for his daughter to attend a party that the king is scheduled to attend. The party goes well, and the king requests that Maria come to the palace.

Maria finds herself in a humiliating situation in front of the king, who wants to make sure her hair is not wrapped with pins, and Maria is furious with her father.

Maria attends another party where Karim, who is involved with a secret group, is present, and she embarrasses the man who dances with her in response to embarrassing her, but she finds out that he wants to marry her.

Maria feels remorseful and sinful after giving herself to Tony, but he stalls on the issue of his marriage to her.

When Maria discovers that Tony is seeing another girl, she tells her mother that she wants to end her relationship with him. Sandro has a stroke and becomes wheelchair-bound.

Maria decides to join a new business selling perfumes. Matilda fails to get money to treat her chair-bound husband. She tries to find another source of income. Sandro dies.

Maria tries to get past her sorrows and return to work. She goes out in an evening with her co-worker, and Matilda discovers that her health condition is difficult and needs surgical intervention.

The first encounter between Maria and Karim Safwan takes place at a party she is invited to by Ahmed Ra'ef. She thinks about him over the following days. The situation escalates due to the Second World War, as the British arrest the Italian youth.

Maria decides to succumb to the wishes of the owner of the Piccadilly store in order to preserve the source of the family's income. She tries to commit suicide out of guilt, but her mother manages to save her.

Maria knows that Costa's wife suspects him, and she fears that her relationship with him will be exposed and she asks him not to go to the same place. Maria meets Karim again, and he proposes to her.

Karim tells Khaled about his marriage proposal to Maria, and Maria considers it but decides to evade him. Karim tries to prove to her his good intentions.

Karim is fired from his work in the newspaper. Costa's wife discovers that her husband is cheating on her, and Maria tries to console her.

Nina decides to confront Costa with his betrayal of her with Janet. Janet decides to tell Nina that Maria too was in a relationship with Costa, and Nina decides to confront Maria.

Nina kills Costa after a violent quarrel, and the owner of the Piccadilly decides to fire Maria after he knows what happened between her and Costa. Maria knows that Karim is in the hospital, and he succeeds in finding her a job.

Maria rejects her mother's request to travel to Rome. She decides to give herself a chance with Karim. Matilda disapproves of Karim for being Egyptian, but Karim renews his marriage proposal to Maria nonetheless.

Maria talks with Karim about her fears and he reassures her. She decides to tell him everything that has happened to her in the past and let him decide for himself.

Karim asks Maria to give him time to think after her confessions. Matilda decides to travel to Alexandria, and Maria stays alone in Shubra.

Maria knows from Khaled Safwan that Karim will come to her after carrying out the operation he initiated, and they agree to marry. Karim decides to introduce Maria to his mother.

Karim and Maria decide to hold their wedding ceremony in the village, as they spend their honeymoon there. They live happily together and then return to Cairo.

Maria becomes pregnant by Karim. The police arrest Karim with his colleagues, and Karim is sentenced to 10 years in prison.

After a long absence, Maria receives a letter from her mother. Maria gives birth to a son. Years go by and the son gets older, and Karim is finally released from prison.

Maria decides to participate with her husband, Karim, in a guerrilla operation against the British, and after a while, the Cairo Fire breaks out. Maria and Karim decide to travel to her mother because of her severe illness.

The children of Maria and Karim grow up, and their son Yousry heads on the front in the Six-Day War. The defeat of 1967 leaves Karim in utter gloom as he dies in the hospital. Maria finds consolation in her grandson, Karim.

Young Karim's mother decides to take her son with her, and the 1973 war takes place. Maria's son, Yousry, is martyred in the war. Karim Jr. requests to visit his grandmother, Maria, in the hospital while she is on her deathbed.