Rasha Zahran

Set in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.

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.