zakaria
Synopsis
In a journey of a racing mind on guilt and death; Zakaria is prohibited from eating chicken by the doctor’s orders, driven by his fear of the consequences of breaking the rules and giving in to his desires he abstains completely from chicken even to the afterlife. Zakaria is an adaptation and a tribute to the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz's novel "Dreams".
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