Inlate2013,ZinaandDjo,bothintheirtwenties,comebacktoTunisiafromtheSyrianfrontwheretheyweresequestratedandraped.Zinawasseparatedfromhertwo-month-oldchildandDjofindsoutshe'spregnantandplungesintomutismandexpressesherSyrianhorroronlyinthenovelsheiswriting.Tunisianlawyer,NadiaandDora,ahumanitariandoctor,assistthemintheirhardandlengthyreconstruction;impededbytheviolenceoftheirclosecircles,theharshviewonthesocialnetworksandtheirangst.Nadia,alsoDriss'lawyer,a21-year-oldpersecutedhomosexualwho'sbeenbannedfromallschoolestablishments,askshimtohelpZinainthehopesthattheirstirringmeetingwillallowthemtoopentheirblackboxes,toassumethemselvesandstanduptotheunjustsociety.