Salma turns to her wealthy uncle Salim Al-Najawi to live with him after her father goes to prison for killing her mother. Salim mistreats Salma because of an old dispute between him and her father. His elder son Mohsen welcomes her and she shares the same feelings, while his younger brother Abbas covets Salma.
Hahaa, a wedding entertainer, lives with his sister Tofaha, a nurse. The siblings come into conflict as each of them tries to gain ownership of the house they are living in and kick the other out. As Hahaa plans to marry in the house, Tofaaa wants to marry Fawzy, but Hahaa opposes the marriage.
The wife of a well-known singer dies along with her driver in a traffic accident. In the ensuing murder investigation, a lot of latent -but explosive- issues rise to the surface.
A representation of modern-day challenges that face lower-class people in Egypt, through the portrayal of a woman who escapes home to avoid her stepfather's sexual harassment. She tries to make ends meet and starts working as a belly dancer.