Love and war - Season 1

First aired: 4/21/2003 15 episodes

A black comedy infused with the bitter reality faced by Fawzi and Faten as they struggle against obstacles delaying their marriage. Through a series of satirical comedic situations, the show portrays the true atmosphere of life in Iraq amid political chaos and the paralysis of the state.

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Episodes

1. Episode 1

Aired: 4/21/2003

Planes bomb Baghdad as Umm Fawzi prepares a mouse trap in the kitchen, waiting for her only son Fawzi to return from the scrap market.

2. Episode 2

Aired: 4/28/2003

Fouzy finds the stolen circuit breaker and buys it from Hamid Kasousa. His car is the target of an attempted theft while he is on a trip with his fiancée Faten.

3. Episode 3

Aired: 5/5/2003

Rabie Abu Taghreed goes to Fawzi's circle to get to know him better, and tries to entice Umm Faten with gifts to marry her daughter Faten to him.

4. Episode 4

Aired: 5/12/2003

Fouzy brings a cat to eliminate a mouse that is gnawing at the wires. The cat sleeps in the trash can and makes a strange sound that creates terror among the employees.

5. Episode 5

Aired: 5/19/2003

Fouzy buys a bed from the market for his mother to sleep on after she was admitted to the hospital. Faten disappoints Rabie and makes fun of his new outfit

6. Episode 6

Aired: 5/26/2003

Fawzy connects a wiretapping device to the switchboard and discovers a gang planning to kidnap a child. He quickly provides the child's family with the gang's address.

7. Episode 7

Aired: 6/2/2003

American forces search houses for weapons, Rabi' returns home drunk, and Fawzi convinces his colleague's sister not to commit suicide.

8. Episode 8

Aired: 6/9/2003

Faten's uncle gets angry when she appears with Fawzy in a scene in a TV series and prevents her from leaving the house. Lubna continues to meet Ahmed on the roof of the house.

9. Episode 9

Aired: 6/16/2003

Fawzy goes to buy medicine for his mother, but two people kidnap him. His short height makes Ahmed avoid meeting Lobna directly, while Zeina carries out a plan drawn up by Rabie.

10. Episode 10

Aired: 6/23/2003

Fawzy tries to warn Rabie's wife about her husband's actions, but Rabie suddenly returns home, forcing Fawzy to hide in the bathroom

11. Episode 11

Aired: 6/30/2003

Fawzi is hired in the purchasing committee and smells corruption among the committee members. As for Rabie, he incites the landlord to evict Fawzi's mother from the house.

12. Episode 12

Aired: 7/7/2003

Fouzy attends Nahi's wedding after withdrawing from the purchasing committee, while Ahmed is overjoyed after Lubna sees him as he is and tells him that she loves him.

13. Episode 13

Aired: 7/14/2003

Faten's mother resorts to a sorcerer to change Faten's position towards Rabie, and Fawzy falls into another ambush after he decides to work as a taxi driver with his car.

14. Episode 14

Aired: 7/21/2003

Lubna tells Ahmed and his mother that her father is in a mental hospital, while the police arrest Rabie Abu Taghreed.

15. Episode 15

Aired: 7/28/2003

The witnesses choose a new home for Rabie Abu Taghreed, Ahmed and Lubna celebrate their wedding in Fawzy's car, while Fawzy fulfills his vow and visits someone he loves.