The protagonists of this novel are Arabs who live in Los Angles in the USA. Their souls are heavy with sadness and regret and for that they blame their countries as being the reason for their immigration. They could not forget their countries but at the same time they did not get back to them and they could not be real Americans. Through this loss, Ameera – a Syria Professor – moves to Los Angles to work in a research center. By joining that society, Ameera tells about the indirect interaction between the civil war in Syria and what is going on with those Arabs in America. The scenes of the novel keep moving between Syria and America showing the ugliness of the civil war in Syria and its tools that are: money, fanatism and media.