Based on the novel of the same name by Saud Alsanousi, a Kuwaiti-Filipino man goes to Kuwait in search of his father. He grapples with his mixed heritage as well as fitting in with his paternal family and Kuwaiti society.
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30 Episodes
Episode 1
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Episode 1Josephine Mendoza escapes the poverty in the Philippines and flees to Kuwait where she works as a maid. When she meets Rashid, a Kuwaiti aristocrat, they develop feelings for one another.
Episode 2
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Episode 2While Rashid's mother continually bullies Josephine, Rashid shows her nothing but love and tenderness. Josephine has some good news for Rashid, but his mother's outrage ruins it for them.
Episode 3
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Episode 3Rashid and Josephine return home with a new family member, hoping that it will soften Ghanima's heart. When they are met with anger, Rashid arranges for his wife and newborn child to leave.
Episode 4
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Episode 4Eissa, now an adult, returns to Kuwait in order to meet his father's family, but he is not welcomed.
Episode 5
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Episode 5Ghanima refuses to acknowledge Eissa as her grandson, but his aunt Hend and his father's friend Ghassan fight tooth and nail so that Eissa is recognized as Rashid's son
Episode 6
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Episode 6Eissa is welcomed by his aunt Hend and his half-sister when he goes to his father's home, but he is received coldly by his grandmother and his other aunts.
Episode 7
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Episode 7Eissa converts to Islam and plans to study it extensively. Ghanima remains steadfast in her refusal to let him into her house, as Hend discusses the problem of dual nationality on a TV program.
Episode 8
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Episode 8After an altercation with Ghassan, Ghanima kicks Eissa out, and she falls ill. Hend tries to find where Eissa is.
Episode 9
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Episode 9Just as he was planning to return to the Philippines, Eissa's grandmother decides to take him in, but he has to pretend to be a new chef at their house.
Episode 10
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Episode 10When he feels like a stranger in his grandmother's house, Eissa decides to return to Ghassan's place. In a phone call, he conveys his sense of estrangement to his beloved cousin Mirla.
Episode 11
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Episode 11Ghanima prohibits Eissa from entering his father's study. Hend has a tragic accident. Meanwhile, Noureyya decides not to list Eissa under Al-Tarouf's family name.
Episode 12
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Episode 12Hend decides to finish the paperwork that proves Eissa's paternity. Ghanima asks Eissa to leave when she finds him with his sister.
Episode 13
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Episode 13Just as he is permitted to dine with the family, a guest arrives and Eissa has to leave the table. However, he is welcomed into more social events.
Episode 14
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Episode 14As Ghanima decides to go on a vacation with her grandchildren, some problems arise from having Eissa with them.
Episode 15
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Episode 15Nour comforts her son Oweis and promises that she will ask Ghanima to consider wedding Oweis to Khawla. When Nour discovers that Eissa is a physiotherapist, she tries to convince Ghanima to allow him to help her with therapy, but Ghanima refuses.
Episode 16
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Episode 16Ghanima tries to get close to Eissa and establish a good relationship with him. Meanwhile, both Jaber and Oweis are trying to get Khawla to like them.
Episode 17
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Episode 17Nour is shocked when Jaber confesses that he has feelings for her, but she starts to believe him when he avoids Khawla all day. Nour gifts Eissa a turtle.
Episode 18
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Episode 18Jaber informs Khawla that he is leaving the country, and he is going to marry her when he returns. However, after a fight at home, he storms out and gets into a fatal accident.
Episode 19
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Episode 19Khawla feels tremendous guilt after the accident, and Eissa pulls all the stops to console her. The two sisters, Awatef and Noureyya are now at odds, and so are their children.
Episode 20
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Episode 20Eissa joins the family at the dinner table, to everyone's surprise. When Noureyya lies about him being a servant, Eissa gets upset and Nour tries to console him.
Episode 21
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Episode 21When Eissa is overcome with despair one night, Losaminda tries to comfort him. Nour's jealousy gets Losaminda fired so she tries to commit suicide. Khawla has a mental breakdown when she learns that Jaber is feigning his interest in her when he is actually in love with Nour.
Episode 22
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Episode 22Both Khawla and Losaminda recover. Khawla still holds a grudge against Nour.
Episode 23
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Episode 23The tentative peace between Ghanima and Eissa is disturbed when the former requests the latter of helping Jaber's mother. Eissa is informed that his cousin Mirla disappeared.
Episode 24
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Episode 24Grief settles upon the family when they learn of Rashid Al-Tarouf's martyrdom.
Episode 25
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Episode 25The whole situation changes after Rashid's death. Ghanima sees Eissa as a harbinger of bad luck and wants him out, but Eissa has already decided to leave.
Episode 26
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Episode 26Jaber's mother declares her desire for Jaber to marry Nour. But Nour refuses and declares that she is in love with Eissa. Upset by the declaration, Ghanima blacks out.
Episode 27
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Episode 27Eissa moves out with the help of his aunt Hend, but the problems he left behind still linger in the air.
Episode 28
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Episode 28Mirla comes over from the Philippines to stay and work with Eissa, but Eissa is arrested because he doesn't have the necessary documents.
Episode 29
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Episode 29Eissa has a serious quarrel with Ghassan. Mirla leaves Kuwait, and Eissa decides to follow her soon after some problems occur at his workplace.
Episode 30
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Episode 30Hend defies her mother and marries Ghassan. Khawla returns to her mother's house. Eissa returns to the Philippines where he marries Mirla and becomes a well-known author.
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