Wajh al-Qamar
| Wajh al-Qamar وجه القمر |
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| Starring |
Faten Hamama Gamil Ratib Ahmed Ramzy |
| Country of origin | Egypt |
| Original language(s) | Arabic |
| No. of episodes | 18 episodes |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Cairo, Egypt |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 40-42 minutes |
| Release | |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release | November – December 2000 |
Wajh al-Qamar 
listen (Arabic: وجه القمر, English: Face of the Moon) is a 2001 Egyptian soap opera mini-series. It was broadcast in the month of Ramadan on 23 Arabic TV channels. The series was hyped by the media, mainly because it marked the return of Egyptian actress Faten Hamama. An episode was aired everyday for 35 days. It was directed by Adel El Aassar and was written by Magda Khayrallah. The series won the Best Series award in the Egyptian Radio and Television Festival in 2001.
Ibtissam al-Bostany is a TV presenter and is a member of a perfect rich family. Her husband Karim Abul-Ezz is a successful businessman, and their three children, Sarah and Samah from Ibtissam's previous marriage, and Wael are all bright and ambitious. One day, Ibtissam's long-lost husband Mustafa Qura unexpectedly reappears, and messes all this perfection up. It turns out that he never died after all. Mustafa claims that Karim had killed him, or thought he had, when an arms deal they were both involved in went wrong. He was able to escape. Ibtissam didn't even know that Karim and Mustafa knew each other in the first place.
Ibtissam tries to conceal Mustafa's reappearance from her family, hoping he will just go away again and leave them alone. After all, Karim had brought up her two daughters like his own. But his reappearance is driving a wedge between her and her family, and everyone can tell there is something very wrong. Mustafa is bent on interfering in Samah and Sara's lives. In Sara's case, he makes her discover that her fiancé is a strange person who deals in stolen antiquities, and his lawyer helps get Sara discharged from custody after her fiancé intentionally leaves a precious artifact in her car and she is arrested. In Samah's case, he advises Ibtissam to stop rejecting Samah's boyfriend, Hashem, a pop star, who he finds out is a good guy. The girls keep seeing Mustafa, but whenever they ask Ibtissam who he is, she disavows even knowing who he is.
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