He went from the condition of 'foreign Palestinian' to that of 'immigrant Syrian' and extracted from both a category that could be described as 'universal victim'. In both cases, he approached the ''total expatriate', who takes refuge in the depths of his being and is content with bitter isolation." Faycal Darraj, daily Al-Hayat. The story revolves around a series of romantic relationships, in Paris, between the main character, Samir, and two young women.