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In 1977, in the isolated and forgotten village of Nag’ Al-Manassi in the heart of Upper Egypt, the inhabitants believe that a minefield surrounds the village, which would be dangerous to attempt to cross. Little is known about the wider world, except that a war between Egypt and Israel has been raging since 1967 and the Israeli enemy is trying to penetrate Egypt through the village, meaning that Nag’ Al-Manassi is the first line of defence on the Egyptian border.