May Tartoussy

Three kids in a low-income neighborhood find friendship and community in an unlikely place.

Fatima is invited to her first husband's chaliswa, the 40th-day-after-death commemoration by his daughter Zaina. When Fatima arrives she comes face to face with his widow, Safeena, and the memories they have both carried for decades.

Dr. Bashir Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in emergency medicine, makes the difficult decision to flee his country and build a new life in Canada with his younger sister Amira. Bash works to navigate a new environment after earning a coveted residency in the Emergency Department of one of the best hospitals in Toronto, York Memorial.