A lawyer's love story becomes his murder trial defense — but who's really on trial here?
Season 1 • Episode 30
LatestNader asks Nehal to be his intermediary with Amjad Al-Shamy and the police. When Nader goes to meet Amjad, the latter locks him up, but the police raid the place and arrest Amjad. Nader divulges the truth, the culprits are arrested, and the five victims turn out to be alive and well.
Young lawyer Nader becomes accused of kidnapping and killing four women, and with the police investigating whether he's the culprit or not, and constant pressure from the media, he recalls behind bars the story of his sad love with Hanin.
Acting
Hassan El Raddad's unraveling is genuinely uncomfortable to watch
Writing
Rashomon-style flashbacks keep you guessing about unreliable memory
Production
Cairo's elite vs. prison grime — stark visual class commentary
Creator
Baher Dewidar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Baher Dewidar wrote this during Egypt's post-2011 media chaos, and the 'trial by television' plot directly mirrors real celebrity scandals that dominated Arabic talk shows.
Amy Samir Ghanem reportedly fought to make Hanin less sympathetic in later episodes, arguing the 'perfect victim' trope was dishonest — the rewrites changed the ending's emotional impact entirely.
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