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Zaat was born in 1952, and those were turbulent times, both...Read more politically and socially. Zaat goes to school with Hoda, but when her family learns that Ali has feelings for her, they decide to prohibit her from going to school. Hassan advocates for her and says he will accompany her to school.
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It is now Gamal Abdel Nasser's time. Zaat goes to college...Read more despite her mother's disapproval and meets Aziz whom she starts to fall for.
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Zaat and Hoda's familiar go on a trip to Alexandria, and...Read more Hassan proposes to Hoda. Zaat is trying to catch up with Ali who now lives in Alexandria. She is surprised to know that Aziz and Safeyya are now engaged.
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Hoda and Hassan are about to get married. Zaat loses all...Read more hope as Aziz indeed marries Safeyya. However, at her brother's wedding, Zaat meets Abdel Mageed. She agrees to marry him when he proposes.
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Zaat is now engaged to Abdel Mageed who urges her to...Read more discontinue her college education, especially after he sees her at college with Aziz. Zaat turns a deaf ear to her parents' objections and acquiesce to his request. Zaat and Abdel Mageed get married.
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Zaat starts to work at Maspero. She falls pregnant and has a...Read more baby girl. They hire a maid to take care of the baby and the chores as Zaat works.
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Zaat is burdened with her responsibilities both at home and...Read more at work. The political and social situations are in turmoil. Zaat has another child, and Abdel Mageed is saddened that it's a girl, not a boy.
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Sadat signs the peace treaty with Israel. Saad falls ill,...Read more but his son Hassan doesn't make it back Egypt until after his death. Everyone is saddened when Saad passes away.
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9th Episode
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Wagdy and Abdel Mageed start a new project together, but it...Read more becomes an utter failure. Zaat consoles her neighbor Samiha when she loses her baby.
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Zaat buys a sewing machine to increase their income. Sadat's...Read more assassination leaves the people in shock and despair. Mubarak is announced the new president of Egypt.
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Zaat feels helpless and desperate when she cannot afford to...Read more refurbish her house. Meanwhile, Abdel Mageed turns down an excellent opportunity to go and work in Kuwait.
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Zaat and Abdel Mageed face financial difficulties, and they...Read more pull out all the stops to increase their income and have a financially stable life.
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The family struggles with the burdensome situation they have...Read more reached in life. Even their morals are tested by the crisis. Zaat is diagnosed with breast cancer.
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14th Episode
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Zaat consults another doctor who informs her that she...Read more doesn't have cancer. Zaat's daughters are supposed to go on a school trip, but their sudden illness prevents them. from going. Their classmates get in an accident and die.
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Zaat goes to Alexandria to visit Safeyya and Aziz, and she...Read more is shocked to learn of their financial struggles. She becomes satisfied with her lot in life, and she decides to go back to Cairo.
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Abdel Mageed goes to Kuwait seeking a better job...Read more opportunity. The family's life improves significantly afterward.
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Zaat feels liberated with her husband away, but that liberty...Read more is short-lived as her mother comes over to stay with her.
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Due to the invasion of Kuwait, Abdel Mageed returns to...Read more Egypt, and the family goes back to square one. Zaat informs Abdel Mageed that she is pregnant.
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Abdel Mageed's morals are tested one more time when Wagdy...Read more tries to convince him to help facilitate a client's financial dealings with the bank.
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Zaat delivers a baby boy, and the family is overjoyed. Their...Read more joy is momentarily, though, because Amgad, Zaat's son, is on the verge of death.
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The 1992 Cairo earthquake leaves the entire country shaken....Read more However, some people try to take advantage of other people's misfortune.
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After being freed, Wagdy readopts his previous humiliating...Read more practices against his wife and beats her. Doaa, Zaat's daughter, gets engaged to Haitham, but her father is arrested during their engagement party.
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Ebtehal wants to study at the cinema institute because she...Read more loves photography, but her family disapproves. Meanwhile, Doaa's engagement to Haitham is broken off. Amgad starts talking late, which greatly concerns his family.
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Doaa agrees to marry Emad, but Haitham comes back and tells...Read more her that he still loves her. As for Amgad, he starts talking, but only in English.
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Hassan returns to Egypt to attend Doaa's wedding. Zaat asks...Read more Hassan and Hoda to stay in Egypt.
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A terrorist attack takes place while the family is in Luxor,...Read more which prompts Hassan to leave, claiming that Egypt is not safe. Ironically, Hassan dies in the September 11 terrorist attack.
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Saad, Hassan's son, returns to Egypt, while his brother...Read more stays in America and joins the US army. Doaa is unhappy with her life, and Ebtehal decides to refurbish her mother's house.
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People's ideologies are radically different, and within a...Read more single family, there were liberals, conservatives, and extremists. Zaat's family is no exception.
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Haitham establishes a new agency for Hajj and Umrah, and he...Read more urges Zaat and Abdel Mageed to go. Meanwhile, Ebtehal helps her brother Amgad to travel to Luxor on a trip. He is injured in a train accident.
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Abdel Mageed quits his job, whereas Ebtehal still pursues...Read more the Egyptian dream to overthrow the corrupt government. Amgad follows in his sister's footsteps. Zaat gets food poisoning from bad fish.
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Ebtehal is arrested, and Zaat is heavy-hearted. She tries to...Read more find anyone who can help her find Ebtehal. The series ends with the Egyptian 2011 revolution breaking out.
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