When a father has to go abroad for work, he leaves his children in the care of his sister who comes to stay with them, only to be shocked when she witnesses their behavior. As the family struggles to adjust to the changes, the aunt wisely helps her brother's children through their problems.
Alexandria, Egypt a cosmopolitan city during WW2, and Bishr a dandy bi-racial aristocrat is struggling with his schizoid sense of identity and allegiance.
Safiya loves Harby but marries his uncle Asran after she finds that he loves another. After the mayor plots against Harby and Asran, he kills Asran and Harby is arrested. Safiya decides to raise her son Hassan to take revenge for his father and kill Harby after his release from prison.
In a town called Bahtoon Al-Jabal where the Hawara family lives following many fanatic customs. Sheikh Badar breaks the customary traditions and marries his daughter to a man from outside of the family, prompting her brother to try to kill her.
In the palace of a Pasha, the maid Shalabya and the driver Ali fall in love, but the Pasha fires them when he finds out. Shalabya starts working at a nightclub and grows famous. When she falls for Omar and decides to quit dancing for him, Ali tries to sabotage their relationship.
As Ga'far rebels against his grandfather's domineering attitude and weds a poor shepherdess, his grandfather kicks him out. After a while, Ga'far weds a wealthy woman, kickstarting an existential crisis as he tries to define who he is.
The divorced Zeenat gets involved with Medhat in a forbidden relationship and then he abandons her. Sayed refuses to marry her even though she is pregnant. Sayed exploits student Hassan's need for money and agrees with him to marry Zeenat a marriage of convenience.
Mahmoud Hamdy El Husseini Ghaith was an Egyptian actor, who was born in the village of Shalashlamoun, Ash Sharqia in 1924. He studied at the Faculty of Law and then studied at the Higher Institute of Cinema. He continued his theatrical studies in the French capital, Paris, and debuted through the movie Struggle in the Valley. In cinema, he presented many films, most notably Dawn of a New Day, The Message, and Land of Fear. He has also worked in television dramas since the 1960s, many of which belonged to religious and historical works, such as: Muhammad is the Messenger of God, Islamic Conquests, There Is No God But Allah, and Zezenia. He died in 2006 of respiratory failure at the age of 82.
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