Una inmensa alegría

It's 2003, months after the United States officially declared war on Iraq and the country's political landscape has shifted dramatically. Shadi keeps her head bowed, her hijab still in place. She's too preoccupied with drowning in her own problems to deal with the fanatics. Her name means "joy," but sadness haunts her. Her brother has died, her father is dying, her mother is falling apart, and her best friend has mysteriously vanished from her life. And then, of course, there's the matter of her heart…