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Through Zain's detailed accounts, we learn about his life in the slums, where education is an unattainable luxury. Instead of schooling, he is submerged in the harsh realities of degradation, aiding his family with dubious schemes to make ends meet. Together, they forge prescriptions to procure pain medication, which Zain’s brother subsequently sells in prison to drug addicts.
At home, Zain’s environment is unsettling. He shares a cramped mattress with several siblings, while their parents' intimate encounters are unavoidably audible behind just a curtain. His protective instincts kick in when he discovers his younger sister Sahar has attained the onset of menstruation, instilling within him a frantic urgency to shield her from potential exploitation by their landlord, Assad.