Eager to provide a better future for her son, Fadi, divorcée Muna Farah leaves her Palestinian homeland and takes up residence in rural Illinois -- just in time to encounter the domestic repercussions of America's disastrous war in Iraq. Now, the duo must reinvent their lives with some help from Muna's sister, Raghda, and brother-in-law, Nabeel.

• DirectorCherien Dabis
• Release17 June 2009
• GenreDrama
• Duration1h 36m
• Budget?
• Revenue$2,176,304
• Rate
  

  6.7
  55 reviews
• Productions

  First Generation Films, Alcina Pictures, Buffalo Gal Pictures, Levantine Entertainment, Eagle Vision Media Group, Image Nation Abu Dhabi, MFM, Maximum Film International, R.A. Abdoo & Co., Rotana Studios, Showtime Arabia, Violet Jabara Foundation, National Geographic