A passing girl’s look shakes the heart of a Kuwaiti millionaire in his sixties, coinciding with the kidnapping of his mujahid son in Syria. With the help of the girl, the millionaire decides to do something that changes his life. Kuwaiti novelist Talib Alrefai embarks on a daring and shocking adventure that removes the hypothetical veil to reveal important, dangerous, and painful human issues experienced by Kuwaiti society and the Arab region.