

He built his whole life on justice. Too bad his birth certificate didn't get the memo.
Season 1 • Episode 30
LatestThe dramatic events revolve around (Ali) the police lieutenant colonel who is investigating a corruption case, with the sequence of events discovering papers proving that he is the son of (Yahya Nosier), one of the businesspeople accused in the corruption case he was investigating.
Acting
Tarek Lotfy's slow unraveling is genuinely painful
Writing
The irony engine never lets up on Ali
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This emerged during Egypt's post-2011 disillusionment wave, when prestige TV started interrogating state institutions rather than celebrating them. The 'corrupt father' metaphor lands differently there.
Tarek Lotfy allegedly turned down three other series commitments to take this role, then spent months shadowing actual police investigators in Cairo—only to play a man who loses faith in everything he learned.