In Alexandria, Fatma needs money for her youngest son's weekly kidney dialysis. She travels to Cairo to beg away from home, after she collects enough money she returns to discover her son's death. She decides to protect her two daughters from poverty so she returns to Cairo to continue to beg.
Sawsan Badr
Fatma
Ruby
Shouq
Mirihan Magdy
Awatef
Sayed Ragab
Shouq's Father
Ahmed Azmy
Hussein
Mohamed Ramadan
Salem
Salwa Mohamed Ali
Salem's Mother
Ibrahim El Nagary
Doaa Teama
Ragaa
In Alexandria, Fatma needs money for her youngest son's weekly kidney dialysis. She travels to Cairo to beg away from home, after she collects enough money she returns to discover her son's death. She decides to protect her two daughters from poverty so she returns to Cairo to continue to beg.
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