Despite being born into a Muslim family, she spent her childhood and teenage years in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
On her deathbed, she requested that Jade return to her homeland, Morocco, to live with Ali, her paternal uncle.
Uncle Ali proceeds to ask Jade to learn the Islamic upbringings, seeing as how he was wrong about her mother.
Unfortunately, Jade keeps committing haraams (sins) and constantly places Ali's good name in jeopardy.
He was originally chosen by Sidi Ali to be Latiffa's husband but later they found out that they were nursed by the same wetnurse (which according to the Islam means that they are siblings and cannot marry).
Nonetheless, due to him having fallen in love with her, he cuts himself and bleeds on the sheet to prove that Jade's virginity was taken that night and to spare her the punishment of the 100 lashes.
Jade, on the brink of depression because of her marriage, later tries over and over again to make Said divorce her, concluding that she'd rather be alone than with a man she does not love.
It seems as if Jade has finally succeeded with Sidi Ali even planning to send her back to Brazil for her to begin her education.
She takes refuge in the ruins where she would previously meet with Lucas but is found by Sidi Ali's men.
Years later, when Jade and Lucas meet again, they make a plan to run away together, but this time they'll bring Khadijja along as well.
She resembles Jade in spirit as she, like her aunt, was raised in a foreign country where her family's traditions and ways of life are not common.