Adel Alshenawi

After her husband’s death, Saniya raises her three daughters alone and becomes determined to marry them off to wealthy men, even selling everything to move to an upscale neighborhood.

Mother Fatima controls her children. Her eldest son Essam challenges her and urges his brothers to stand up to her. Essam falls for his neighbor, Suhair, who is already married to Usta Rajab. She shares the same feelings, and they agree to marry after she gets divorced.

Shafiqa is a maid and everyone treats her very harshly, she falls in love with the Mahmoud who loves an actress. She agrees with Adham to give him her soul; to be his king after ten years in exchange for giving her wealth and beauty,

When Amira gets fed up with her uptight father, she runs away and seeks refuge with Gharib who works for her father. Gharib gets a letter from his friend Fekry who lives in the US, asking to find him a bride. Amira asks Gharib to recommend her to his friend.

Kamal marries Dalal despite the rejection of his father, Omar Bey. Kamal dies in a tragic accident and his father kicks Dalal out and takes away her daughter. The years go by and she tries to steal from Ahmed, to buy a new dress for her daughter's wedding.

Ma'moun works in a bank and he has Kleptomania. He steals a precious necklace while he is at a party hosted by the businessman Naguib. He meets Sonia, who turns out to be an informant for the police.

Kamal, a young man who aspires to get rich, joins a smuggling gang so he can marry Warda, the dancer. The gang plans to smuggle a quarter of a million dollars, so Zizo hands Kamal the money and instead of smuggling it, he takes it for himself and hides it in the salt marshes with his lifelong friend, the prince. Zizo begins to chase Kamal and events unfold.

In a dramatic context, the events of the series deal with the changes of the social relations between the Shazli family members and its head, Mahmoud, from the Royal era until the events of 1952.