A dependent Pakistani housewife comes to America to find her husband but is instead forced to find her emancipation. Shaheen Ilyas, a young traditional Pakistani woman, arrives in Los Angeles in search of her husband, Ali Ilyas. Ali left his wife and his homeland years ago right after their marriage , and came to America to earn money. Shaheen is unfortunately welcomed into this unknown world in a drastic fashion that challenges her dependent identity , from her luggage and passport getting stolen to being harassed by a homeless bum. It is up to Shaheen to live by her intrinsic values, the traditions she has been raised with or choose to make her own identity.