Chef Abu El Magd reopens his family's restaurant with the hesitant help of his daughter, Didi. But a magical book in the pantry soon pulls her into a fierce fight to protect the restaurant from its rivals.
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.
Taking place in the vegetable and fruit market, the conflicts within are shown through the story of Sabah, who began her life as a small saleswoman who suffered from poverty and hunger, but she fought through injustice and deprivation until she became one of the top market merchants.
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