It discussed the concepts of honor, disgrace, and shame in Arab societies, specifically in the Syrian middle class.
The series revolves around Buthaina, an inexperienced woman over the age of thirty, who has dedicated her youth to serving her chronically ill mother, who was kept in bed for 11 years.
Buthaina's dedication to her mother's care caused her isolation from the outside world and deprived her of her femininity and the fulfillment of her dreams as a woman in obtaining a husband, home and family.
She suddenly finds herself in front of Jamil, the husband of her only friend Sabah, and her outlet to society, who ignites her feelings and sparks her forgotten femininity.
Buthaina reluctantly agrees and loses her virginity and subsequently becomes pregnant only to find herself facing her society and a set of values and concepts that criminalize her act; especially since she burnt and destroyed both copies of her "marriage contract" before finding out that she is pregnant.