Youssef, a man of middle-class roots, lives in a not-so-fancy part of town. Youssef is passionate about acting and succeeds in becoming a well-known cinema figure. On a visit to his family, he bumps into a former love and thus relives a few sweet and nostalgic memories.
Zanouba is a poor maid, who is deceived by Ahmed, the son of her employer, after believing that he loves her. She returns broken to her neighborhood and decides to end her poverty with her brothers Salem and Zinhom, by trafficking drugs. Ahmed becomes a police officer in charge of fighting the drug...
To face the declining revenues of the hotel that Raouf runs, he announces a competition to eat the largest amount of food in order to attract more guests, but hundreds of poor people join the contest, turning it into a tragedy that demonstrates various forms of suffering.
A representation of the lives of a group of officers and soldiers, portraying their intertwined fates and the tragedies they have to witness, both on the battlefield and at home.
When Nahed discovers that her husband Adham is buying contaminated dialysis machines, Adham commits her to a mental institution. Nahed gets incriminating documents of Adham's illegal business and escapes from the hospital to bring him down.
Musa leads an arms-dealing gang, and Rashad defects from the gang to work alone. However, Musa watches his steps to destroy him, so he records a videotape in which he confesses to the details of the arms deals that Musa is making. Rashad's wife, Wafaa, suffers from her husband's ambiguity and...
