An engrossing comedy-drama that examines issues facing Egyptian society today, A Citizen, a Detective, and a Thief features Egyptian heartthrob Khaled Abol Naga as Selim, a handsome and successful writer who triggers an elaborate chain of events when he visits police headquarters to report his car stolen. There he runs into the bumbling Sergeant Fathy Abdel Ghafour, an old family friend who now works as a detective. When the meddlesome Sergeant Fathy insists on hiring a live-in housekeeper for his old friend, Selim's life becomes inextricably intertwined with that of his beautiful new housemaid, her thieving husband and the well-meaning detective