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For weeks, 12-year-old Hayat (a word that means ‘life’) has been cramming for her final exam. Then the night before, her father falls ill and is rushed to hospital. Hayat is left alone to look after her infant sister. Help is at hand, but Hayat is not one to forego her responsibilities. Somehow the need to appear for her exam and look after her baby sister have to be reconciled.
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Soraya, a precocious little girl, narrates her own story as she sets out from her mother's garden to explore her surroundings.
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When he loses his football playing with a couple of friends, Alireza is caught by a neighbour trying to get it back. Reporting the offence to his parents, Alireza soon finds himself disciplined for his inconsiderate behaviour. As punishment, his father makes him spend the whole day in his cart as it travels about the city. Through a small peephole, Alireza watches the world go by outside, and as he does, he is treated to a new perspective on life, one which may ultimately help him patch things up with his father.
