Mehdi returns from the United States. His whole family is gathered to wait for him at the airport. They are far from discreet. His father, who has nothing to envy of the Taliban, argues with his older brother, who exposes his tattoo in his face. The mother, newly divorced, pays little attention to the fight since it has already happened and will eventually happen again. As for Osama, the younger brother, he tries to look away from the shame people throw at him with humor and sarcasm. When Mehdi finally comes home, he must navigate two worlds, his mother's house, a modern universe where things seem open but only in appearance. And his father's neighborhood which he likes to describe as Raqqa, the capital of fundamentalism. When his father pushes him to get married, Mehdi will reconnect with Kate, an American ex-girlfriend of his. To marry her, he will bring her back to Morocco and try to get the family to accept his relationship. But Kate is a free spirit, bi-polar and has stopped taking her medication. She also converted to shiâa. The two families will eventually oppose the relationship and, strangely, come together to destroy it.