Zaman The Man from the Reeds

Zaman is a sweet and sad story about love and devotion hope and fear Zaman Sami Kaftan and his wife Najma Shatha Salim have built their happy life together in their house of reeds and though childless adopted a boy Yacine Hussein Imad orphaned by the 1991 Gulf War They have lived a quiet contented existence until Najma falls ill The local doctor tells them she needs surgery or some special medicine he does not have And so Zaman sets off in his small boat and journeys up the Tigris to Baghdad in search of the precious cure Thus begins the journey of salvation and discovery for Zaman the Man of the Reeds