Love and war
A black comedy infused with the bitter reality faced by Fawzi and Faten as they struggle against obstacles delaying their marriage. Through a series of satirical comedic situations, the show portrays the true atmosphere of life in Iraq amid political chaos and the paralysis of the state.
Seasons
1. Episode 1
Air Date: 2003-04-21
Planes bomb Baghdad as Umm Fawzi prepares a mouse trap in the kitchen, waiting for her only son Fawzi to return from the scrap market.
2. Episode 2
Air Date: 2003-04-28
Fouzy finds the stolen circuit breaker and buys it from Hamid Kasousa. His car is the target of an attempted theft while he is on a trip with his fiancée Faten.
3. Episode 3
Air Date: 2003-05-05
Rabie Abu Taghreed goes to Fawzi's circle to get to know him better, and tries to entice Umm Faten with gifts to marry her daughter Faten to him.
4. Episode 4
Air Date: 2003-05-12
Fouzy brings a cat to eliminate a mouse that is gnawing at the wires. The cat sleeps in the trash can and makes a strange sound that creates terror among the employees.
5. Episode 5
Air Date: 2003-05-19
Fouzy buys a bed from the market for his mother to sleep on after she was admitted to the hospital. Faten disappoints Rabie and makes fun of his new outfit
6. Episode 6
Air Date: 2003-05-26
Fawzy connects a wiretapping device to the switchboard and discovers a gang planning to kidnap a child. He quickly provides the child's family with the gang's address.
7. Episode 7
Air Date: 2003-06-02
American forces search houses for weapons, Rabi' returns home drunk, and Fawzi convinces his colleague's sister not to commit suicide.
8. Episode 8
Air Date: 2003-06-09
Faten's uncle gets angry when she appears with Fawzy in a scene in a TV series and prevents her from leaving the house. Lubna continues to meet Ahmed on the roof of the house.
9. Episode 9
Air Date: 2003-06-16
Fawzy goes to buy medicine for his mother, but two people kidnap him. His short height makes Ahmed avoid meeting Lobna directly, while Zeina carries out a plan drawn up by Rabie.
10. Episode 10
Air Date: 2003-06-23
Fawzy tries to warn Rabie's wife about her husband's actions, but Rabie suddenly returns home, forcing Fawzy to hide in the bathroom
11. Episode 11
Air Date: 2003-06-30
Fawzi is hired in the purchasing committee and smells corruption among the committee members. As for Rabie, he incites the landlord to evict Fawzi's mother from the house.
12. Episode 12
Air Date: 2003-07-07
Fouzy attends Nahi's wedding after withdrawing from the purchasing committee, while Ahmed is overjoyed after Lubna sees him as he is and tells him that she loves him.
13. Episode 13
Air Date: 2003-07-14
Faten's mother resorts to a sorcerer to change Faten's position towards Rabie, and Fawzy falls into another ambush after he decides to work as a taxi driver with his car.
14. Episode 14
Air Date: 2003-07-21
Lubna tells Ahmed and his mother that her father is in a mental hospital, while the police arrest Rabie Abu Taghreed.
15. Episode 15
Air Date: 2003-07-28
The witnesses choose a new home for Rabie Abu Taghreed, Ahmed and Lubna celebrate their wedding in Fawzy's car, while Fawzy fulfills his vow and visits someone he loves.
1. Episode 1
Air Date: 2004-02-09
Fouzy and Faten visit his mother's grave to tell her that things haven't changed since her passing, while the ministry's elevator breaks down with someone who turns out to be the minister
2. Episode 2
Air Date: 2004-02-16
Nahi's wife is hospitalized due to poisoning from expired drugs and loses her fetus, while Fawzy runs over a goat that collided with his car
3. Episode 3
Air Date: 2004-02-23
Umm Sateh visits her nephew Fawzi and stays at his house, while Rabie, after his imprisonment, harbors intentions to take revenge on Fawzi.
4. Episode 4
Air Date: 2004-03-01
The ministry appoints a new director for Fawzi's department, while Abu Lubna works in his café and employs Ahmed with him, while someone breaks into Faten's house at night
5. Episode 5
Air Date: 2004-03-08
The new general manager asks for an air pollution measuring device, while Fawzi returns from Hamid Kassoussa's shop with a first aid kit.
6. Episode 6
Air Date: 2004-03-15
Hamid Kassousa asks Fawzi to drive him on his way, but a gang intercepts their way and starts robbing them.
7. Episode 7
Air Date: 2004-03-22
Qais returns to the archives by decision of the general manager who made "Zeina" his secretary, while someone steals Fawzy's car at Faten's work site.
8. Episode 8
Air Date: 2004-03-29
Fawzy finds a baby in the cemetery while visiting his mother's grave, while Zuhair explains to Fawzy why he stole the car to escape from the hospital.
9. Episode 9
Air Date: 2004-04-05
Fouzy is robbed when he leaves the bank, but he later recovers the stolen money, while agreeing to a woman's request to raise the child he found.
10. Episode 10
Air Date: 2004-04-12
Fawzy wakes up from his coma and spends the night in the house of a man who returned some of his stolen money and took him to the police. As for Rabie, he is released from prison.
11. Episode 11
Air Date: 2004-04-19
Rabie resumes drinking alcohol every night, Faten's mother swallows a bait prepared by Umm Story to marry Mahrous, while Fawzy holds a feast to celebrate his innocence
12. Episode 12
Air Date: 2004-04-26
Faten's mother throws Rabie out and closes the door in his face, while one of his men monitors Mahrous. As for Fawzy, he buys the wedding furniture.
13. Episode 13
Air Date: 2004-05-03
The driver takes a different route and steals Fawzy's furniture, forcing him to sell his old furniture. As for Mahrous, he confesses to Rabie that he does not own any real estate or money.
14. Episode 14
Air Date: 2004-05-10
Fouzy receives a call informing him that the stolen furniture has been found. The manager fabricates a charge against the janitor, Nahi, while Mahrous is filmed in compromising positions.
15. Episode 15
Air Date: 2004-05-17
Sanaa, Faten's mother, agrees to her engagement to Mahrous, and her brother stipulates a large dowry and a house in her name, but she changes her mind about marrying him after a few hours
16. Episode 16
Air Date: 2004-05-24
Sanaa sees Mahrous's photos and feels that she is involved with him, while Fawzy goes to tell his mother in her grave that he is going to fulfill a vow related to Faten
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Rating
6.0/10
Release Date
2003-04-21
Episodes
31 (2 seasons)
Status
Ended