, a lively and easy-going young woman, and her -haired, -eyed best friend decide to spend their holidays in Egypt in order to improve their Arabic skills and to see the country’s famous buildings and bazaars. Their -eyed friend , whom they know from their Arabic lessons back in and who secretly has a crush on , joins them in their trip. At the end of the Arabic course, in which they get to know the -haired and -eyed , the four of them set out for a Nile cruise, led by the -eyed tour guide . , who formerly had a low opinion of European women, must confess his feelings for the -eyed . , however, has a crush on , and only finds out later about her feelings for the tour guide. Yet both and seem to follow the prediction of , their landlady in Cairo, who prophesies they will each get married to an Egyptian.