The film revolves around a girl that becomes a domestic helper in a fictional oil-rich Arab nation of Yememeni.

She becomes a maid of a royal family in the Middle East, which is running out of time, for the wife of the Sheikh is giving birth to a child.

The newborn child is a son named Ahmed, and the Sheikh's wife asks Amelia to take care of the baby, to which she agrees.

Amelia grows fond of the baby, teaching him to speak Tagalog and play tumbang preso.

When the palace is attacked, some of the maids and even the wife of the Sheikh are killed, but Amelia and Ahmed manage to escape by going to a secret door in the house and, with the help of Boyong the driver, go to a faraway place to hide.