A young boy lives with his parents, former Libyan aristocrats exiles, in Cairo. Before, during, and after his mother's death he finds comfort in Naima, the family's maid with whom he shares a closer relationship than he does with his parents.

An elderly Egyptian servant tells the allegorical story of the white-footed gazelle, a series of vignettes tethered together by shared characters and themes. When finished, the servant suggests that beasts are not confined to fairy tales and also exist, in the form of common people, in everyday life.

A storyteller captivates a group of tourists at Comic Con with a series of stories within stories about a trickster, sorcerer, and otherworldly queen.

In Kairwan, Tunisia, a man in an arranged marriage falls for a woman who is promised to another. His months-long obsession culminates in a surprise on his wedding day.

A woman recounts her travels to and from Iram, a lost city mentioned in the Qur'an.

A wealthy but sad merchant meets a man in the City of Peace who tells him of a gate that will allow the merchant to step twenty years into the past and visit his former self. He travels back in time and learns that nothing can erase the past.

In a mythological kingdom, a woman is forced to marry the greedy king, causing the separation and imprisonment of her and her children and forcing the family to escape and reunite.

A military captain captures a giant white camel in the Sahara while on his conquests in the desert. The captain is determined to prove himself a more worthy rider than its previous owner, who was his enemy in combat.

While investigating the mysterious suicide of a djinn, a young female special investigator with the Egyptian Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments, and Supernatural Entities ends up in an intense battle to stop a plan to destroy humanity.

An archaeologist on a dig in Africa uncovers a shard that brings the dark magic of the Brotherhood of the Higher Ones to the present day.