L'histoire suit Hassan qui souffre d'un trouble psychologique, alors qu'il entretient une relation très forte avec sa mère malade, qui est au centre de sa vie, alors qu'il prend soin d'elle.
Nader and Nour can't escape their bad luck. Nour, a news correspondent, always ends up stumbling into unlucky situations, and Nader runs into trouble wherever he goes. Suddenly, unexpected events change their lives when they meet.
Maher un jeune homme qui aime tourner des films ,décide avec un groupe d'amis de kidnapper un enfant et de demander une rançon, il se déguise en "Mazinger" tout en menant l’opération du kidnappage.
Ibrahim lives in a world of his imagination; however, when he finds himself in a difficult situation, he decides to change his life with the help of his young neighbor, Ali.
Based on Sonallah Ibrahim's celebrated novel, "Zaat" explores the social and political winds of change in Egypt starting from 1952, when the main character "Zaat" was born, all the way up to the present day.