Ali Hassan's intrigue

For five years, Fathi Schön, a well-known writer, has been subjected to a writing and publication ban. He is regarded as a dissident, a miserable traitor, as he had refused to host a literary competition about the great leader on his television show, which promptly cost him his job. The writing ban would have suffocated him long ago if it weren't for his widowed mother, who supports him financially, and especially for his lover Lama, a beautiful, intelligent, and self-assured woman. "Only with love can we resist," Fathi is convinced. "Laughter and sex became our weapons; they kept us alive." However, the powerful no longer want to be satisfied with his silence; they demand his cooperation. Ironically, during the celebrations for the twentieth anniversary of the great leader's rise to power, they set a trap for him.