Yesterday the Eye Didn't Sleep

Rakan Mayasi

In a Bedouin village in the Bekaa Valley, on the border between Lebanon and Syria, someone sets fire to a truck, and with it a spark of trouble spreads through a tightly woven community. Everyone is searching for Gamra. A young and enigmatic girl, she is said to have set ablaze the car of the man she loved—when he chose another woman. In the midst of the search, her cousin Yasser strikes down a man on the road—one from a rival clan. Back home, his sisters, Rim and Jawaher, are chosen to set things right. They aren’t asked—they’re offered. One is calm, the other resisting, but both know how quickly girls can be traded for peace. Will their sacrifice be enough to quiet the blood feud, or will this burning flame spread through the entire village?