Alexandria, Egypt a cosmopolitan city during WW2, and Bishr a dandy bi-racial aristocrat is struggling with his schizoid sense of identity and allegiance.
Based on the novel "Ibrahim and Inshirah" by journalist Abdel Rahman Fahmy, the series revolves around a true story from the Egyptian intelligence files, about the recruitment of an Egyptian man and his wife to spy for the benefit of Israel.
The series follows the life of Hassan, an old chivalrous Arabesque workshop owner who lives in a poor neighborhood with his family. The series provides an insight into the day-to-day struggles of the family as Hassan gets involved in much of their neighbors' disputes and affairs.
When Abdel Mutaal Mahjoub is wrongfully accused and imprisoned, and things are made worse when he's presumed dead, he suddenly finds himself secluded, and recollections of his past life come creeping in, making him a prisoner of his own mind.
The story is adapted from the famous Arabic fantasy novel of the same name.
Abu Bakr Ezzat, who is from the Sayyeda Zeynab area of Cairo, was born on August 2, 1933. He studied at the Khedive School. Ezzat participated in school theater, and acted in Richard Sheridan’s play, “The Scandals,” directed by Kamal Yassin. Ezzat’s relationship with the theater developed where he worked in 1955. Throughout his school years, Ezzat directed several plays in schools, as well as at the Faculty of Arts where he was a student in the Department of Sociology. After graduating in 1959, he joined the Free Theater Group. During this time, he played the role of Kamal in the play “Qasr El Shoq” (Palace of Desire) and started working in television and film. He married screenwriter Kawthar Heikal. The plays he acted in include “El Mofatish El ‘Am” (The Inspector General), “El Dabor” (The Hornet), “El Ardh” (The Earth), “Sana Ma’ El Shoghl El Laziz” (A Year Of Enjoyable Work), “El Dukhol Bil-Melabis Rasmiya” (Entering With Official Clothes), “Sika El Salaama” (The Safe Way). He moved from the Television Theater to the Rehani Theater, and in 1996 received the Best Actor’s Award in the Cairo Film Festival for his role in the film “El Mar’a We El Satour” (The Woman and the Cleaver).
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