The film addresses the decadence of Egyptian society during the Gamal Abdel Nasser era.

It tells the story of a simple Egyptian civil servant, Anis (played by Emad Hamdi), who cannot tolerate the hypocrisy of the Egyptian government (for whom he works at the Ministry of Health) and the illiteracy of the Egyptian public and decides to hide from all the problems in the country by taking up smoking hashish in a shisha, a popular smoking habit in Egypt, to escape from reality.

Anis (who used to work as a teacher) meets with an old student, Ragab (actor Ahmed Ramzy), by chance.

The films deals frankly with the issue of drug addiction, as well as the decadence that obtained during the late Nasser era.

The film was produced in 1971, and was unsuccessful financially, as it was frequently banned in the Middle East and also in the West (mainly Europe).