Ali is a young 8-year-old Kurdish boy who has lost his family in the now infamous operation desert storm led by US military forces in Iraq. He is the only survivor found in the rubble and is miraculously rescued by Anca, a foreign medical rescue officer working in war zones. Anca decides to take Ali to Stockholm as she has seen the plight of the children growing up in the warzone, the children getting succumbed into dark black holes of war, also it was her last assignment in Iraq.

Ali’s life takes a turn when he meets Ferhad in Stockholm, Ferhad along with his son are waiting for their papers to immigrate to the USA. Unimagined events lead them to take a maiden journey to America, where life will test, mold and surprise them at every stage. Ali gets an early taste of life when Ferhad is taken...