Nadia Lutfi

Saladin, ruler of the kingdoms surrounding the Latin state of Jerusalem, is brought to attack the Christians in the Holy Land by the sacking of a convoy of Muslim pilgrims, a group which included his sister. In a short campaign against odds, Jerusalem is taken and almost the entire Middle East is in Muslim hands. Crusade is called again in Europe, and the combined forces of the French king, German emperor, and English king form the 3rd Crusade... (imdb)

Essa is ambitious and intelligent. Nothing seems to deter the enthusiastic members of the nationalist movement of a glorious career.But after the 1952 revolution he feels alienated from the new regime and emphasized his renunciation by starting a relationship with a prostitute.

A young man is shunned by his friends after he starts an affair with a dancer.

Members of three families trying to adapt to modern life. (imdb)