After lashing out at her husband and causing him a severe injury that amounts to a felony, a nervy young woman embarks on a journey to prove her innocence.
Set between Beirut and Cairo; Sharifa goes through many crises, including her mother's alcoholism and being on tranquilizers. As the events unfold, Sharifa falls in love with a university doctor.
Despite Sherif's success in high school with grades that qualify him to enter the Faculty of Engineering, which his parents dream he would attend, he aspires to own his own project of making paper chairs.
