Detektiv Noredin Mustafa prosječan je zaposlenik policije u Kairu koji je sklon korupciji. U sobi elitnog hotela Nile Hilton pronađena je ubijena pjevačica. Mustafa preuzima slučaj i tijekom istrage otkirva tajni odnos žrtve s vlasnikom hotela, inače bogatim članom parlamenta. Dok traži sudansku sluškinju, navodno jedinu svjedokinju brutalnog zločina, iznenada mu je naređeno da zatvori slučaj. No Noredin nastavlja s istragom koja ga vodi do nedodirljive elitne skupine koja upravlja zemljom i imuna je na pravdu.
In 2013, in Cairo, a tragic fate brings together several detainees from different political and social backgrounds inside a police truck, during the turmoil that followed the ousting of president Morsi.
The Square looks at the hard realities faced day-to-day by people working to build Egypt’s new democracy. Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the heart and soul of the film, which follows several young activists. Armed with values, determination, music, humor, an abundance of social media, and sheer obstinacy, they know that the thorny path to democracy only began with Hosni Mubarak’s fall. The life-and-death struggle between the people and the power of the state is still playing out.
The film deals with some issues of concern to the Egyptian citizen and passes the events in the comic. It provides a personal representative Mohamed Saad (Tika) who lives in the popular and has a shop selling toys and with the Egyptian revolution that tries to aggregate the region's youth to the composition of the popular committee in an attempt to deal with thugs.
From January 25 to May 27, 2011, the film tracks four months of the Egyptian revolution as seen through the director's eyes. January 25 is the beginning, but May 27 is not the end - because the revolution continues.
What if you witness a revolution but things get worse? What if your homeland is in ruins with no signs of reconstruction? How do you cope? You can either get angry, sick, and depressed or just escape into memories of a golden but lost past. Four people, two revolutions, and the story of a destroyed Egyptian city.
Reflecting on his Father's experiences during the 1977 Egyptian Bread Riots - Documentarian, Nadim Fetaih discovers his own story in the Egyptian 2011 Revolution and the endless unrest that grips the cradle of civilization.