Season 1 • Episode 28
LatestThe latest that deals with the social and political history of Egypt revolves through three personalities, its children and grandchildren branches, and follows their conflicts, social roles, their human relationship and their different attitudes towards life and the homeland through the direct effects of economic interests on the relationships between the characters and the origins of these three trees.
Acting
Abla Kamel devours every scene like it's her last meal.
Writing
Mahfouz adapted his own novel — the man knows his monsters.
Production
Costumes and sets that scream 'old money crumbling'.
Creator
Naguib Mahfouz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapts Mahfouz's 1987 novel, written during his post-Nobel Prize 'political realism' phase when he openly critiqued Egypt's post-revolutionary failures.
The three family surnames — Abboud, Hamzaoui, and Sweif — were deliberately chosen to represent Egypt's Christian, Muslim, and Jewish communities, though this subtext was muted in the TV adaptation.
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