A woman turns cabbage into capital in this ruthless Egyptian market melodrama.
Season 1 • Episode 34
LatestSabah travels with Fetouhy to Alexandria to look for his son. The university decides to dismiss Sherif. Shawkat flees abroad after he seized the company’s funds. Ali and Sherif run the trade of Abu Hashima. As Amna poisons Abdo, Irfan returns to the market. Sabah’s business expands with her son Shebel.
Taking place in the vegetable and fruit market, the conflicts within are shown through the story of Sabah, who began her life as a small saleswoman who suffered from poverty and hunger, but she fought through injustice and deprivation until she became one of the top market merchants.
Acting
Fifi Abdou's commanding presence anchors every scene she's in.
Production
Gritty market sets that feel genuinely lived-in, not backlot fake.
Fifi Abdou
صباح
Samy El Adl
سعداوي الديب
Ragaa Hussein
أم بدر
Madline Tabar
كاميليا
Hadi El Gayar
عمر أو هشيمة
Salah Abdallah
عبده جزرة
Ahmed Khalil
عرفان أبو هشيمة
Zizi Mostafa
رقية زوجة عرفان
Mohamed ElShaqanqeery
علي عرفان أبو هشيمة
Amr Mahmoud Yassin
شريف عرفان أبو هشيمة
Rania Farid Shawqi
جميلة
Inaas Mekky
جي جي
Khayria Ahmed
أم حمدي
Said Tarabeek
حنفي
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fifi Abdou was already Egypt's most famous belly dancer when she pivoted to dramatic acting in her 50s, making this casting a major cultural moment.
The series aired during Ramadan 2006, when Egyptian TV traditionally premieres its most ambitious melodramas for captive family audiences.
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