[1] The show deals with the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest Islamist political group, which was officially banned but nonetheless tolerated to an extent before the revolution.

She suggest that he talks to her grandfather (Chancellor Abdallah Kassab), who gives Helal a list of books to read about the Muslim Brotherhood and its founder, Hasan al-Banna.

Critics of the show, led by Al-Banna's son Saif Al-Islam, have accused the series' scriptwriter Wahid Hamed of defamation, making false claims and attempting to distort the image of his father and the group as extremists.

[4] Saif Al-Islam Al-Banna called for the show to be banned and demanded a copy of the script to revise it and make sure it conforms to the facts of his father's life.

[5] The Cairo Economic Court looked into the lawsuit filed against the scriptwriter of the TV series and its producer, the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU).