Youssef Ismail

Hammaam lives with his big family in a crowded Egyptian alley. As he is jobless, he loses his girl to a rich suitor. He then decides to leave for Amsterdam where his uncle has immigrated long ago. As soon as he arrives he loses his money and passport and gets assaulted in an inn. Adriano the young Egyptian emigrant saves his neck and helps him find his uncle who dumps him. Hence, Hammaam stays with a group of young Arabs. After his tiring journey between failure and success he falls in love with a young lady who helps him fulfill his dream of buying a certain famous restaurant. As his business flourishes, he returns home to visit his family proud of his success.

The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family's backward superstitious life, and tired of being picked on by his brothers, wants to go to Egypt to study agriculture. His brothers travel with him across Sinai, but then suddenly sell him to Ozir, an Egyptian who works for a Theban military leader, Amihar. Amihar is impressed by Ram's drive and personal charm and so grants Ram some desolate land outside the capital. Ram soon finds himself a pawn in the political and sexual games between Amihar and his wife Simihit, a high priestess of the Cult of Amun.

A young, free-spirited dancer and student of Arabic poetry falls in love with her thesis supervisor while trapped in a relationship with a man who disapproves of her dancing.

Sayed Al-Jada decides to deceive his five children by selling the pension they share with forged documents, claiming that he will travel to meet with investors. During his absence, one of his sons, Majahid, who manages the pension, tries to host a musical event to generate profits that will impress his father. At the same time, another son, Adel, who is a singer, attempts to invite an important producer to listen to his performance. Meanwhile, the daughter, Aida, a feminist activist, invites some of her friends and followers to film a movie about harassment. Additionally, another son, Essam, a religious extremist, hosts a leader of his group who brings along a mysterious individual to the pension. Meanwhile, the final son, Bastardo, attempts to rob a neighboring bank through a tunnel he dug in the basement of the pension. However, all these events become entangled and complicated due to an unexpected surprise that catches everyone off guard.

In Alexandria, Fatma needs money for her youngest son's weekly kidney dialysis. She travels to Cairo to beg away from home, after she collects enough money she returns to discover her son's death. She decides to protect her two daughters from poverty so she returns to Cairo to continue to beg.

Kamel Helmy is a famous writer, in the late 1940s, living in Cairo, in the famous Imobilia building, after the death of his wife and the departure of his children from home. He suffers from loneliness and schizophrenia. One day he calls a girl named Samah who had befriended Facebook in an attempt to ease his isolation.

In Shubra, a group of residents interacts with each other in a tapestry that highlights the extent of tolerance extant between the Muslim and Coptic communities through times of both conflict and harmony.