Selim is a prosecutor from Upper Egypt whose life turns upside down when his wife Amina gives him two girls. As his mother pushes him to take another wife to have a boy, Amina sues to get a divorce, citing her desire to have a boy with a husband who can only give her girls.
Based on the eponymous novel, the series follows a prosecutor whose life revolves around investigating crimes, until he falls in love, which turns his life upside down, while investigating a mysterious case.