Vegetable Market (2006)
Taking place in the vegetable and fruit market, the conflicts within are shown through the story of Sabah, who began her life as a small saleswoman who suffered from poverty and hunger, but she fought through injustice and deprivation until she became one of the top market merchants.
Seasons & Episode
As Sabah leaves the market, she returns home to take care of her mother, while she suffers from the cruel treatment of her neighbor, Alkat'a, who wants to throw her and her family out. The rivalry in the market intensifies between Sa'dawy and Omar. Hassan clashes with Abdo who bothers Sabah.
Irfan objects when his brother Omar withdraws a large sum of money. Camellia asks Omar to partner up with her sister's husband Shawkat in a perfume factory. Omar grieves because Camellia refuses to have children with him.
As Sherif, Irfan's son succeeds in school, he celebrates in the market. Abdo vows to make Hassan pay. As Sa'dawy fires Hassan from work after incitement of Abdo, a clash occurs between them, but Badr saves the situation and calms things down.
Gigi asks Shawkat to work harder to make more money. Sabah and Gamila buy new dresses to attend the wedding of Ashour's daughter. When Hassan sees Sabah dancing, he gets angry with her. Hassan thinks about traveling to save money for the wedding.
Sabah deceives the head of the neighborhood by making him draft a wrong report about the house and then report him to the police. As Sabah helps merchant sell onions, she gets a large commission. After a quarrel occurs between the merchants, Badr discovers that the store's safe has been robbed.
Hassan and Sabah are accused of robbing Badr's safe. Camellia asks Omar to leave the market. After Sabah proves her innocence, she is released from custody. Hamido offers to help Hassan.
As Umm Hamdy (Hamdy's mother) tells Sabah that Badr likes her, she asks Badr to forgive Hassan. When Sherif gets poisoned, Irfan blames his son Omar, who leaves the house and lives with his uncle. Hamido wants to break out of prison with Hassan.
Hassan and Hamidou escape from prison, and they go to Nusa's house. As the police search for them, they arrest Hassan's father and Sabah. Badr bails Sabah out. After Tofaha has an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, Sabah tries to help her.
Nusa goes to Zainab, Hassan's sister, and asks her for money for him to travel. Ruqia tries to reconcile between Omar and Camellia for the sake of their daughter Nour. Umm Hamdy and Sabah force Nabawy to marry Tofaha. The police arrest Hamido and Nusa.
Badr agrees to rent his small shop to Sabah. Abdo drives a wedge between Badr and Sa'dawy. Hassan escapes abroad. Camellia gets pregnant but her condition worsens. As Sa'dawy asks Abdo to expel Sabah, Badr stops them.
Sa'dawy promises Abdo to wed him to Sabah. Sabah closes the shop and returns the key to Badr after Sa'dawy's bad insinuations. Abdo asks the drug dealer Samaka to work with him extensively. As Badr asks to marry Sabah, Abdo comes with Badr's stolen money.
As Umm Badr (Badr's mother) refuses Badr's marriage to Sabah, she leaves the house and goes to Sa'dawy's. Sabah refuses to marry Abdo, and her father tries to assault her. Badr marries Sabah. Gamila returns the dowry to Abdo.
Abdo tries to convince the vegetable merchants to sell the crops to Omar instead of Sa'dawy. Sabah suffers from Umm Badr's ill-treatment. As Sa'dawy clashes with Omar in the market, Badr and Irfan meet and solve the problem. Abdo asks Samaka to put drugs in Badr's shop.
As Omar agrees to buy Gigi's factory on Camellia's insistence, he tells Shawkat that he does not have cash money; Shawkat asks him to take the money from Irfan. As the police find drugs in Sa'dawy's shop, Haridy takes the rap for it. Badr rejoices when Sabah gets pregnant.
Gamila refuses to marry the son of the mechanic. As Tofaha asks Nabawy to buy the tea stand owned by Hassan's father, Sabah buys it and asks Umm Hamdy to run it. When Ruqia dies, Irfan is devastated. Abdo returns as the owner of a transport company and tries to get closer to Gamila.
Camellia brings Sakinah as a nanny to Irfan's family at Omar’s request. Sabah gets angry with Gamila for agreeing to marry Abdo. Sa'dawy signs a partnership with Abdo. Abdo doesn't care when Sabah threatens him. Badr asks Sabah to look after his business.
Sa'dawy attacks Alkat'a because of the presence of his wife and daughter with her. Alkat'a tries to attack Gamila, but Sabah stops her. Gamila decides to marry Abdo without the knowledge of her family. When Alkat'a is found dead, Sabah gets arrested. Shawkat tells Camellia that he has cancer.
As Sabah denies having anything to do with the crime, she's officially accused of killing Alkat'a. Abdo divorces Gamila and deliberately humiliates her. Sabah's father is accused of robbing Sa'dawy’s shop.
Irfan holds a celebration for his nephew Omar after his birth. Abdo incites Sa'dawy against Omar. As Sabah is tried in court, Abdo testifies against her, and she is sentenced to life with hard labor. Omar asks Irfan to get married.
Sabah’s mother dies of grief, and Hassan’s father dies also. Sabah gives birth to a boy in prison and names him Shebel. Gamila flees from the neighborhood after Abdo compels her to return obediently to the conjugal home.
Hanafy is paralyzed after the disappearance of Gamila, who becomes a dancer in Alexandria. Sabah collapses after her son is taken into Badr's custody. Omar decides to start a project to supply vegetables and fruits abroad. As Sabah files a case against Badr to see Shebel, Badr divorces her.
As Omar's son, Hisham, dies by drowning in the swimming pool, Omar stays away from work but tries to follow up on the supply company with Shawkat. Omar returns to the market after a break, but refuses to return to Camellia. Irfan tries to convince Omar to start over.
Years later, Omar marries Gamila. Sa'dawy agrees to wed his daughter to Abdo, despite Badr's refusal. Irfan's life is saved after two thieves break into his house, and they confess that they killed Alkat'a years ago. Everyone celebrates Sabah's release from prison.
Sabah thanks Irfan after her release. Camellia feels suspicious of Omar's frequent travels. Umm Badr refuses to let Sabah see her son Shebel. Omar is sad about his father's bad treatment since his childhood. Irfan asks Omar to marry his daughter Nour off to Sherif.
Sabah looks for Gamila everywhere. When Sabah asks Badr to see her son, he accuses her of infidelity. As Sa'dawy tries to attack Sabah, she decides to take revenge on him. With Sherif in love with his cousin Nour, he does not know whether she loves his brother.
Abdo promises Umm Badr to stand up to Sabah and prevent her from seeing her son despite her lawsuit. As Najiba insults Sabah and her father, Sabah assaults her. As Umm Badr travels with Shebel, Badr is worried about their delay. Sabah asks for vegetables from Abu Khadra to sell in the market.
Sabah saves Irfan after Abdo plants drugs in his son Sherif's car. Irfan asks Sabah to marry him. Badr dies from the shock of Sabah’s marriage. Abdo uses Badr's finger print after his death to sign a waiver paper.
Ali and his brothers decide not to deal with Sabah. The whole market congratulates Irfan. Abu Duma meets with the market’s masters and decides to prevent the street vendors from being in the market. A college professor proposes to marry Sabah’s sister, Rida.
Ali tells Sherif that he loves Nour. The drug dealer tells Abdo and Mahrous that the police are monitoring them. Abdo sows discord between Sa'dawy and Mahrous. Sabah arranges a place for her prison cellmate. Ali clashes with Sabah.
As Omar dies in a traffic accident on the road, his daughter Nour collapses. Sabah asks Amna to help her meet her son Shebel. Irfan denies Gamila's marriage to Omar and kicks her out. As Sabah leaves in anger, Irfan threatens to divorce her.
Abu Khotwa supplies vegetables and fruits to Sabah and her friends in the market. As the relationship between Abu Duma and Sabah grows stronger, he offers to take part in the supply of potatoes. As Sabah goes to the supply company with Gamila, she meets Shawkat, who shows his support to them.
Irfan promises Camellia to give her her inheritance from Omar. Abu Duma's wife asks for divorce because of her suspicion of his relationship with Sabah. Abdo tells Sabah that Badr sold the shop before his death. Shawkat asks Camellia to marry Irfan.
Fetouhy confesses to Sabah that he fled after killing his wife and her lover. Hassan returns after an absence. Sa'dawy discovers that Abdo forged Badr's sales paper. As Mahrous dies in a shootout with the police, Abdo is arrested. Sa'dawy goes insane. Sabah takes Shebel to live with her.
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