Bakiza is the spoiled daughter of a former Pasha, she has been married off as a teenager to a rich old man named Mohamed Ashmawy. Both of her parents have been hoping that their only daughter will inherit her old husband in two or three years, but contrary to their ambitions Ashmawy lives for another 20 years. When the old man dies after going bankrupt, he leaves his entire estate to his widow Bakiza and his missing son Zaghloul who turns out to be a woman since birth!
