Zayed Fouad

The lives of residents in an old Cairo building, "The Yacoubian Building," are affected by issues like corruption, extremism, class disparity, and sexuality. Through diverse characters, the film offers a critical examination of Egyptian society.

The play revolves around a young Egyptian from a simple family called Tolba, who since his childhood has been a guard for an oriental dancer named Habiba. He then worked as a guard for the American Embassy to collect 30,000 pounds for the dowry he will give the famous businessman Shawkat to marry his younger sister and his colleague He was forced to borrow from a bank run by Tawfiq Siddiq (Shawkat) for 19,000 pounds, but he was surprised. Later that the manager made him sign a payment amount of 25 thousand pounds, unable to perform Because of this, his baby son is kidnapped.

Ahmed heads to Tahrir compound to extract papers to move his son to another school. There he clashes with the administrative obstacles. He suddenly finds himself involved in carrying a weapon and taking hostages at the government building and becomes a terrorist in the process.

When Hassan Bahlal, a young unemployed man, calls the National Security Agency to report a fire that is to break out in a factory the next day, a new chapter in Hassan's life begins as he tells the officer he has foreseen the incident in a dream.

The story of the Arab knight Muhammad Bin Qasim Al-Thaqafi who rescued many women and children from pirates in the Indian Ocean. He entered a fierce war against King Dahr who was sharing the spoils with the pirates, with the help of his friend Ziad and his mentor Abu Al-Asud.

A businessman who loves his daughter very much, refuses every man who proposes for her in order not to leave him. But can he refuse a man from a security entity?

Three friends: Wagih, Saad and Mustafa, live in the same town, and they are all competing to win the heart of one woman: Nadia, who eventually marries Mustafa. Upon his return from abroad, Mustafa gets arrested and convicted with drug smuggling, and the betrayal of his friend gradually unfolds.

Hassan finds himself accused of terrorism because he went yo spend night with a prostitute in an abandoned apartment that was being used by a terrorist group in an attempt to kill a head of the state living in the same building.