Engineer Khaled Al-Abbadi (Atef Abdel-Latif) possesses a family tree tracing back to the righteous Moroccan Sufi saint Al-Mursi Abu Al-Abbas, owner of the famous shrine in Alexandria. Everyone is aware of his lineage to the patron of the shrine. Khaled Al-Abbadi is a successful businessman blessed with great wealth, which he uses to aid the needy and the beggars, never turning away any hand stretched out for help. He stands by every person in need, so people gather around him seeking his blessing and that of his ancestor Al-Mursi Abu Al-Abbas. One day, director Nada Farid (Nourhan) arrives with cameraman Sherif Abdel Aziz (Abdel Moneim Riad), asking for his help in making a documentary film about his ancestor Al-Mursi Abu Al-Abbas. He shows them his family's antiquarian library, which contains numerous books from his ancestors' heritage. In the library, Nada finds a family tree document as well as an ancient manuscript written in the Amazigh language. Director Nada contacts her friend Iman (Yasmina El-Masry), who works at the Moroccan embassy in Cairo, to provide her with information about Abu Al-Abbas and to help translate the Amazigh document. The translator Hossam (Ayman Mansour) confirms that one of the two documents is part of a title deed for an ancient house located in Morocco, and that the family tree does not belong to the Sufi saint Al-Mursi Abu Al-Abbas, but rather to a Moroccan man named Suleiman bin Zakaria, who adopted the name Al-Mursi Abu Al-Abbas out of reverence for the righteous saint. This comes as a massive shock to Engineer Khaled Al-Abbadi, who is stunned to discover that he is not a descendant of the righteous saint, yet his ancestral roots indeed lie in Morocco. He decides to travel to Morocco to trace his heritage, hoping to find relatives there, accompanied by his private driver Ibrahim (Suleiman Eid). There, he is received by a friend of Iman who works at the Moroccan embassy, who helps him locate the last living descendant of Suleiman bin Zakaria: Haj Youssef (Hamid Najah) and his granddaughter, fashion designer Sarah (Manar El-Attar), whose parents had passed away, leaving her grandfather Youssef as her sole kin in this world. Engineer Khaled shows them the house deed and the family tree, and they discover the complementary part of the house deed in their possession, confirming the legitimacy of the relation between both sides. Sarah had previously been engaged to her Moroccan compatriot Salim (Youssef El-Gendy), whose lies, pretenses, and greed for her grandfather's vast wealth she uncovered, leading her to break off the engagement; yet he continues to stalk her to restore their relationship. Her grandfather advises her to get close to Engineer Khaled Al-Abbadi and marry him so that the family tree may continue unbroken. Sarah asks her grandfather to be honest with Engineer Khaled about the truth of their identity, but he delays doing so until Khaled falls in love with her. Indeed, Sarah makes every effort to get close to Engineer Khaled, who remained faithful to his late wife whom he loved deeply and who died of cancer. Engineer Khaled faces two other obstacles: the significant age gap between him and the young Sarah, and his belief that Sarah still loves her former fiancé Salim. Sarah goes to great lengths to convince him of Salim's poor character and her genuine desire for his love. Khaled falls in love with Sarah, and as a result, Sarah becomes pregnant out of wedlock by Engineer Khaled. He offers to marry her, but she tells him that if he only wishes to marry her for the sake of the fetus in her womb to right his wrong, she can terminate the pregnancy to spare him embarrassment. However, he insists on marrying her to preserve the continuity of the family tree. Consequently, Khaled is subjected to an assault by her former fiancé Salim, who shoots at him, grazing his arm, and Khaled miraculously survives death. Meanwhile, his driver Ibrahim falls in love with the housekeeper Zahra (Ilham Ouaziz), marries her, and they hold a grand wedding celebration. Khaled approaches Haj Youssef to ask for Sarah's hand in marriage, forcing Grandfather Youssef to confess the truth of their status to Engineer Khaled: he reveals that they are Jewish, and that his ancestor Suleiman bin Zakaria, when he settled in Alexandria dealing in fabrics, met a Muslim Alexandrian woman, converted to Islam, married her, and changed his name to Al-Mursi Abu Al-Abbas in honor of the righteous Moroccan saint; however, his lineage remaining in Morocco retained their Jewish faith. Grandfather Youssef gives him a choice: either stay with them, inherit their immense wealth, and care for Sarah so that the family tree may endure, or return to Alexandria once again. But Khaled Al-Abbadi, torn between his Moroccan roots and his soul bound to Alexandria, chooses to return to Alexandria, leaving his roots behind in Morocco and leaving Sarah with his unborn child in her womb to carry on the family tree. (Al-Mursi Abu Al-Abbas)
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
