Living in the 'harret el yahud', the Jewish poor quarter, Rahhel is trapped into a marriage with a rich high-ranking Egyptian officer through the help of a marriage broker used to catering for important people. The protection of this officer according to Rahhel’s mother will shield the family from the crowds maddened by the future birth of the State of Israel.
It is also the only way her widowed mother has found to escape poverty.
Rahhel marries her officer in a sumptuous wedding where even King Farouk is present and very soon, in spite of her new lavish life, the receptions at the Royal Palace and anything she could dream of, she even enters the inner circle of VIPs who do not know she is Jewish.
She is revolted by the treatment of Egyptian Jews!
Blood is thicker than water!
In her particularly well-placed position by her marriage she overhears secret plans to destroy Israel. She accepts to become a SHAI agent during the troubled period preceding
The 1948 War between Egypt and Israel.
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