The media usually mention Yemen in relation to the civil war that has been going on since 2014. But this film, inspired by real events, shows that the war is not the only issue for people there. Isra‘a is expecting her fourth child with her husband Ahmed. But the family’s economic situation is arduous: Isra‘a is out of work, Ahmed hasn’t been paid for months and their children go to a private school due to the teachers’ strike. Isra‘a takes the difficult decision to have an abortion – something unacceptable in Yemeni society. The fact that it was filmed in the city of Aden despite the ongoing unrest contributes to the power of this unsentimental feature, the first Yemeni film shown at the Berlinale.