Omar is an orphaned Palestinian born into chaos, who only has one thing to hold on to: a love that propels him forward and gives him hope. Nadia is maturing into womanhood in a refugee community in Damascus. Can she cope with the tough realities of her world and break out of her traditional social mold to create her own destiny?
Heart-breaking and moving, Bitter Almonds is about displacement and exile, family duty and honor, and the universal feelings of love and loss.
Omar is an orphaned Palestinian born into chaos, who only has one thing to hold on to: a love that propels him forward and gives him hope. Nadia is maturing into womanhood in a refugee community in Damascus. Can she cope with the tough realities of her world and break out of her traditional social mold to create her own destiny?
Heart-breaking and moving, Bitter Almonds is about displacement and exile, family duty and honor, and the universal feelings of love and loss.