Mehdi returns from the United States. His entire family is gathered to wait for him at the airport. They are far from discreet. His father, who has nothing to envy the Taliban, argues with his older brother, who exposes his tattoo in his face.The mother, newly divorced hardly pays attention to the fight since it has already happened and will eventually happen again. As for Osama, the younger brother, he tries to deflect the shame that people throw at him with humor and sarcasm.When Mehdi finally comes home, he has to 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 refer to as Raqqa, the capital of fundamentalism.When his father pushes him to get married, Mehdi reconnects 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 has also converted to shi'a.Both families will eventually oppose the relationship and, strangely, come together to destroy it.