Three Palestinian Christian women who lost their land and status after the Six-Day War in 1967 are unable to come to terms with the painful new reality imposed upon them since then. They are the last remaining members of the bourgeois Christian minority that ignored the mass migration by other aristocrats and stayed behind in Ramallah, becoming trapped by the nostalgia of their former glory days. This atmosphere of ecstasy is suddenly cut short by the arrival of their young orphan niece, Badia, who is forced to attend every funeral and wedding that takes place in search of a proper husband.

Rafea is a Bedouin woman who lives with her four daughters in one of the poorest villages in the Jordanian desert, near the border with Iraq. Rafea is given the opportunity to travel to India to attend a program at the Barefoot College, where illiterate women from around the world are given training to become solar engineers for six months. If she succeeds, she will bring electricity to her village, train others to be engineers and make a living for her and her daughters. It will be a difficult journey for Rafea, but the biggest challenge will be breaking free from her traditional Bedouin way of thinking, which holds onto the idea that a woman’s place is in the home serving her husband. The documentary shows the power of education when faced with the strength of tradition.

Three Palestinian Christian women who lost their land and status after the Six-Day War in 1967 are unable to come to terms with the painful new reality imposed upon them since then. They are the last remaining members of the bourgeois Christian minority that ignored the mass migration by other aristocrats and stayed behind in Ramallah, becoming trapped by the nostalgia of their former glory days. This atmosphere of ecstasy is suddenly cut short by the arrival of their young orphan niece, Badia, who is forced to attend every funeral and wedding that takes place in search of a proper husband.

Sara was born in Yemen 30 years ago, the daughter of a Yemeni father and Scottish mother. During her teenage years, she begins to feel increasingly ill at ease with the world around her, so at the age of 17, she decides to run off to Scotland to live with her mother. Her father says she can only leave if she promises not to give up her roots in Yemen. Sara says she will not, but in the end she breaks her promise. Ten years later, in 2011, Sara returns to Yemen, having turned into another person. She is determined to face her past and wants to rediscover her roots in the place she was born. She unexpectedly finds a country about to live through a revolution, as part of the movement of Arab Springs. 

Rafea is a Bedouin woman who lives with her four daughters in one of the poorest villages in the Jordanian desert, near the border with Iraq. Rafea is given the opportunity to travel to India to attend a program at the Barefoot College, where illiterate women from around the world are given training to become solar engineers for six months. If she succeeds, she will bring electricity to her village, train others to be engineers and make a living for her and her daughters. It will be a difficult journey for Rafea, but the biggest challenge will be breaking free from her traditional Bedouin way of thinking, which holds onto the idea that a woman’s place is in the home serving her husband. The documentary shows the power of education when faced with the strength of tradition.

Fatima works at Arej, an association in Birchifa, one of the most troubled neighborhoods in Tangier, coordinating workshops for youths. One afternoon, she learns about “The Gazelles of the Straits,” a local women’s soccer team with very few fans, which survives through the passion and effort all the women put into it. With the help of several friends (Mohcine, Arej’s general coordinator, Sisqo, a breakdancing teacher, and Tarik, a film professor), Fatima decides to help them by setting up a women’s soccer match with a Spanish team, thereby putting on an event in the city that increases their visibility and builds a bridge between cultures.

The film is a crowdfunding project co-produced with Elamedia Films, with the support of the ICAA, the Cervantes Institute, CSD, Casa Árabe, the Atlético de Madrid Foundation and CCM Morocco.

Three Palestinian Christian women who lost their land and status after the Six-Day War in 1967 are unable to come to terms with the painful new reality imposed upon them since then. They are the last remaining members of the bourgeois Christian minority that ignored the mass migration by other aristocrats and stayed behind in Ramallah, becoming trapped by the nostalgia of their former glory days. This atmosphere of ecstasy is suddenly cut short by the arrival of their young orphan niece, Badia, who is forced to attend every funeral and wedding that takes place in search of a proper husband.

Rafea is a Bedouin woman who lives with her four daughters in one of the poorest villages in the Jordanian desert, near the border with Iraq. Rafea is given the opportunity to travel to India to attend a program at the Barefoot College, where illiterate women from around the world are given training to become solar engineers for six months. If she succeeds, she will bring electricity to her village, train others to be engineers and make a living for her and her daughters. It will be a difficult journey for Rafea, but the biggest challenge will be breaking free from her traditional Bedouin way of thinking, which holds onto the idea that a woman’s place is in the home serving her husband. The documentary shows the power of education when faced with the strength of tradition.

Sara was born in Yemen 30 years ago, the daughter of a Yemeni father and Scottish mother. During her teenage years, she begins to feel increasingly ill at ease with the world around her, so at the age of 17, she decides to run off to Scotland to live with her mother. Her father says she can only leave if she promises not to give up her roots in Yemen. Sara says she will not, but in the end she breaks her promise. Ten years later, in 2011, Sara returns to Yemen, having turned into another person. She is determined to face her past and wants to rediscover her roots in the place she was born. She unexpectedly finds a country about to live through a revolution, as part of the movement of Arab Springs. 

Fatima works at Arej, an association in Birchifa, one of the most troubled neighborhoods in Tangier, coordinating workshops for youths. One afternoon, she learns about “The Gazelles of the Straits,” a local women’s soccer team with very few fans, which survives through the passion and effort all the women put into it. With the help of several friends (Mohcine, Arej’s general coordinator, Sisqo, a breakdancing teacher, and Tarik, a film professor), Fatima decides to help them by setting up a women’s soccer match with a Spanish team, thereby putting on an event in the city that increases their visibility and builds a bridge between cultures.

The film is a crowdfunding project co-produced with Elamedia Films, with the support of the ICAA, the Cervantes Institute, CSD, Casa Árabe, the Atlético de Madrid Foundation and CCM Morocco.

Sara was born in Yemen 30 years ago, the daughter of a Yemeni father and Scottish mother. During her teenage years, she begins to feel increasingly ill at ease with the world around her, so at the age of 17, she decides to run off to Scotland to live with her mother. Her father says she can only leave if she promises not to give up her roots in Yemen. Sara says she will not, but in the end she breaks her promise. Ten years later, in 2011, Sara returns to Yemen, having turned into another person. She is determined to face her past and wants to rediscover her roots in the place she was born. She unexpectedly finds a country about to live through a revolution, as part of the movement of Arab Springs.