Fadl works as a history teacher in Cairo. His father, the mayor of El-Bahnasawi in Upper Egypt and his friend Sheikh El-Khafr, are looking for archaeological tombs and selling their contents to gangs of antiquities smuggling. The mayor is different from the Shaykh al-Khafar. One of the wicked will exploit this dispute and kill the sheikh of the encampment. The charge is attached to the mayor, demanding

Upper-Egyptian Back & Forth

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.