Al-Thulathiya(1987)

Al-Thulathiya is a drama series based on Naguib Mahfouz's classic novel, set against the backdrop of pre-1919 revolutionary Egypt. The story follows the Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad family, led by the stern patriarch Ahmad (Mahmoud Morsi), who rules his household with an iron fist while living a hidden life of excess and pleasure after dark. The series explores the tension between his public persona as a disciplinarian and his secret nocturnal indulgences, revealing the hypocrisy that defines his character. Against the shifting political and social landscape of the era, the family navigates the constraints of tradition while Egypt moves toward revolution. Mahfouz's narrative examines power, morality, and the gap between appearance and reality in a household divided by the patriarch's double life.