Magda Zaki

A family man frustrated by the bureaucracies of the Egyptian public system as well as difficulties of life finds himself inadvertently accused of terrorism and decides to maintain this role holding down hostages in one of Egypt's most congested public service buildings. As some sympathise and join his cause, an antagonistic interior minister aims to defuse the situation. (imdb)

Abbas Al-Abyad is a teacher who traveled to Iraq in search of money, and when he returned, he discovered that he was not alive in the eyes of his family, after missing for years he spent in a prison there. (imdb)