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Where is Shiraz?

She has disappeared since Reda's funeral.

Was it her who sent all those demons our way

because we left her?

Why now?

Why come back for revenge after all these years?

SHIRAZ

Does this mean Shiraz will target us one after the other?

But why didn't she get back at me first?

The most important question is…

"How can she be stopped?"

This is the High Priestess card.

This card symbolizes dreams and the subconscious.

You might find what you want in your dreams.

A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

INSPIRED BY THE BOOK SERIES WRITTEN BY DR. AHMED KHALED TAWFIK

Hold her tight.

I will take her by the legs.

Hold her.

Dr. Refaat, I don't know how to thank you.

Thanks to your recommendation, my research was accepted by the academy.

Hold her.

You're obviously very happy.

You know, they said that research on dreams is not common here.

They will provide whatever I need.

-Hold her. -Okay.

Dr. Refaat, are you okay?

Is it possible not to dream?

Everyone dreams, Doctor,

but some don't remember their dreams.

Like the people of Atlantis.

Who?

It seems like I really came to the right person.

Your thesis is on dreams, and you don't know the people of Atlantis?

The myth of the people who didn't dream?

I hardly have time to study facts. Don't expect me to study myths.

If you want, I can tell you a way to remember your dreams.

Listen, Doctor.

Sleep every night at the same time and forget about the alarm.

Replace it with a notebook to write everything you remember upon waking up.

Especially when you wake up late at night,

this will help you remember.

I have a weird question for you.

Go ahead, Doctor.

Please humor me.

Is there a way to dream of someone specific?

You mean a living person?

Does it make a difference? Does it cost more for dead people?

That's not what I meant, Doctor, but…

There are methods, but they're not guaranteed.

As you know, it's psychological.

If you think of a person a lot for a long time before you sleep,

you'll probably dream of them.

Also, Doctor, with the technique I told you about,

with time, you will be able to decipher your dreams.

When you compare the written-down dream with the next day's events,

your conscious mind will understand your subconscious.

After that, you'll enter the phase of lucid dreaming

that they call daydreams.

I know about lucid dreams.

Great! When you can decipher your subconscious,

you will be able to dream whatever you want and of whomever you want.

Thank you, Kamal.

Dr. Refaat!

You're committing suicide.

Your tests are like those of a 70-year-old.

You survived this time, but next time,

you won't be able to handle another heart attack.

Here you go. Take these pills whenever needed.

This is nitroglycerin. Place one pill under your tongue whenever needed.

You have blood pressure and heart problems,

and one more cigarette means death.

Is that a warning or a cigarette ad?

Refaat, why weren't you answering your phone?

Sorry.

I was busy.

"Busy."

Take these. Howaida sent them to you.

I hope you feel happy now.

Let me ask you this, Refaat.

Who's supposed to check up on whom in such circumstances?

-Me or you? -Raeefa, take it easy.

What do you want now?

Why haven't they invented a button you can press to just evaporate?

To disappear and end a situation that you're not ready to confront?

May you rest in peace, Reda. He was the only one who cared about me.

I'm powerless without him.

Raeefa!

Don't "Raeefa" me.

I can barely handle your issues, and now I have to deal with his too!

Sorry.

I'm tired, and I need some sleep.

Shiraz.

Shiraz.

Shiraz.

Shiraz.

Shiraz.

Shiraz.

Shiraz.

Refaat.

Refaat.

Refaat.

May I come in?

I heard that you were on campus today.

Yes, I was in a hurry.

-I wanted to check up on you. -Can you give me a minute?

I felt an immense weight on my chest. I was running.

I felt the pressure increasing on my chest more and more

until I reached the key…

Are you okay, Refaat?

…and heard…

I was worried sick about you.

Please get your life back together.

My life was together until you showed up again.

Then everything went to hell!

You wanted to check up on me?

I'm fine.

I came here to tell you that I'm leaving.

I hope you'll write to me soon and tell me that you're really fine.

You had a point when you said we can't be together.

Now I understand.

Kamal.

Come to my place now.

Dr. Refaat, I wanted to tell you something.

But honestly, I'm afraid that you'd slap me in the face.

I already want to slap you.

Say it. Don't worry.

What you described on the phone is similar

to something that has a weird name.

It's called a succubus.

It's this one, Doctor. Take a look.

The succubus is a mythical creature that has many shapes.

It is said that it is the guardian of the dark side of existence.

Supposedly, it stops anyone from crossing into the underworld of demons.

Most of those who saw it suffered from a condition called "sleep paralysis."

It's when you feel you're awake,

but at the same time, something is holding you down.

It seems your thesis

is about mythology.

If we exclude this theory, the only explanation

would be that…

you sleepwalk.

That's if these things only happen inside the house…

If I'm sleepwalking, that means I drift outside.

Sprinkle some flour around your bed.

If you wake up and see footsteps, that means--

-Flour? -So…

Flour, Doctor?

Your thesis is about mythology

and also about cooking.

I might as well ask my aunt then.

Save yourself, Doctor.

You're more important.

Can I come in?

Please.

I won't keep you for long.

I want to talk to you about Refaat.

I know that you were with him in Libya.

I don't know what happened between you two, and I don't want to know.

Refaat went to Libya for only one thing, to find the medicine that saved your life.

To do so, he's done the unimaginable.

Refaat said that he ordered that medicine from abroad.

You know how Refaat speaks the opposite of what he thinks.

Believe me.

I wouldn't have come here if Refaat didn't need urgent help.

Refaat and I are through. There's nothing I can do to help.

It's not my business.

You're the only one who can help him now.

I took the ring. I don't know why.

But I found out that it's not my size.

It's actually your size.

Please, Howaida, stay next to him.

Wait.

I sprinkled flour and saw strange footprints on it.

What can I sprinkle to understand what's happening?

Powder milk?

GUIDE TO DREAM INTERPRETATION

THE DICTIONARY OF DREAM INTERPRETATION

"Whoever is killed by the succubus dies in real life."

Could it be a coincidence, Doctor?

The cat…

The cat died on the same night, Kamal.

What does this mean?

What are you doing?

This is the most important reference about…

Sorry, Doctor.

I came here so you can help me, not kill me.

Although, that would be the best help you could offer me now.

Dr. Refaat, I have to say that the most common psychological conditions

are depression and extreme anxiety.

Don't worry about me.

Just help me understand what's happening.

Is there any case in your research in which dreams extend to reality?

On the contrary,

it's the same as I told you about lucid dreams.

You have to transfer your consciousness to the dream which only happens

when you are capable of deciphering your dream codes.

What's that?

What?

It says that the only way to get rid of a succubus…

is to kill it.

Either it kills or it gets killed.

But it killed the cat.

No, it says that it only leaves a dream…

if a human is killed.

I CAME BY, BUT YOU WEREN'T HOME

CALL ME HOWAIDA

DIARY

HOWAIDA CAME BY…

SHE LEFT ME A MESSAGE. I'M EMOTIONALLY UNABLE TO SEE HER.

DREAMS

FELT LIKE A LONG DAY. MAYBE DUE TO THE PAIN I FELT IN DREAM.

THE WOMAN WHO LOVES HER MAN JUST BECAUSE OF HIS STRENGTH.

LOVE AT 14 IS A MUST… 24, LIFE… 34, FATUITY… 44, MISERY…

How can I decipher my subconscious if I don't even like my conscious mind?

Refaat.

If I sleep again, I will die.

At the end of the dream, I fell from a high place.

We have only one solution then. I have to watch you while you sleep.

-No. -Why not, Doctor?

If you're worried about me, there's nothing to worry about.

The cat might have died from natural causes.

Even this bruise… Maybe you just bumped into something.

Why can't I control my dreams?

I understood all the symbols I saw in the dream.

It takes time, Doctor. The codes of the subconscious are not always simple.

All I saw were my fears,

my guilt,

and the maze.

I used to always solve mazes

until I became the mouse in the maze.

It's not necessarily the only explanation for the maze.

The things we see in our dreams

don't have a unified, constant explanation.

A candle in a dream could symbolize faith for one person.

For another, it might symbolize romanticism.

And for someone else, they might symbolize horror.

Could this maze have a special meaning in your subconscious?

I can't sleep until I find a solution.

That's also not good.

Can you tell me? How long are you planning on staying awake?

Not to mention your health…

REFAAT ISMAIL

Dr. Refaat hasn't shown up for two days now.

Is anyone there?

Step back!

I need to go in.

Why is that?

There's something inside that I need to know.

It is important to me.

Do you see her?

In your dreams?

In reality as well.

You're dead.

No one saw her in a dream and lived to talk about it.

Shiraz will only get out of your head when she kills you.

Please let me in.

Go away, or I will shoot you!

Go away.

I'm sorry, Mom.

I'm sorry for not coming here often.

I've always felt that you don't hear me.

And I couldn't handle seeing you like this.

I just didn't want to lie to myself and believe that you hear me for relief.

But this time,

I'm desperate for you to hear me.

I've never felt this lost.

I miss you, Mom.

My only wish is that you say something to lighten my path.

How do I get out of this maze?

I'm worried about Refaat. He's neither answering the phone

nor showing up at the university.

Although I brought you together, I advise you to get over him.

I knocked on his door so many times, but no one answered.

Just come with me this time.

No, I'm not going there just to get thrown out like last time.

He wants to be alone? Then leave him alone.

Ladies, just give him a break.

I'll go check on him later.

You're a genius who has it all figured out.

-Yes, I do, Raeefa! -Nonsense!

-God! -I'm the one carrying your burden.

Enough. If you don't come with me, I'll go and knock his door down.

Howaida, wait!

"Eleven days… The longest period that the human brain can endure

with no sleep before collapsing."

"Sleep deprivation can lead to visual and auditory hallucinations

in addition to sensory disorders."

THE EFFECTS OF SLEEP DEPRIVATION ON THE SKIN

My brain…

"My brain."

"My brain."

"My brain."

"The maze."

"My brain."

"The maze."

DIARY, DREAMS

"My brain."

The maze is my brain.

The maze is my brain.

Here you go.

What do you need all this equipment for, Doctor?

There's a big mouse in my apartment. Where are the sleeping pills?

-Here you go. The pharmacist says-- -I know.

It should be taken every 12 hours with plenty of water so you can sleep!

Refaat's fifth law.

"If your mind tries to trick you, humor it."

Refaat's fifth law, modified.

"If your mind tries to trick you, trick it."

Refaat!

Refaat!

Refaat!

Refaat!

Refaat.

Refaat.

Refaat!

Refaat.

-What's wrong? -Refaat.

Refaat!

-Refaat? -Refaat.

-Refaat. -Answer me, Refaat.

Refaat!

-Refaat! -What happened?

Refaat!

-Why are you running? -Run!

Refaat, my dear!

We have to call an ambulance.

Raeefa!

-Talaat. -Run, Talaat.

Talaat!

You no longer have to carry my burden, Raeefa.

Talaat!

Talaat!

Talaat, wake up! It is not the time for this.

Get up, Talaat!

Wake up, Talaat!

Get up!

Wake up, Talaat!

Get up, Talaat. What's wrong with you!

Wake up, Talaat!

Talaat!

Wake up, Talaat!

Get up, Talaat…

Get up.

Dr. Refaat, it was a heart attack. He passed away. We tried…

Dr. Refaat…

Refaat, what did the doctor say?

Is anyone there?

Dr. Refaat!

I have to get inside the mansion.

Call Ibrahim.

Tell him it's Dr. Refaat Ismail.

I'm glad that you came, Doctor. You saved me the effort.

I was going to see you in Cairo. Mr. Ibrahim left you this envelope.

He asked me to deliver it by hand.

Where is Ibrahim?

May his soul rest in peace.

He's dead?

How?

He hung himself…

before he left this house for you.

The mansion is yours now. Do whatever you want with it.

Subtitle translation by: Farah Hawarneh