FATIMA (10) tiptoes through the family home one night, peering through a door to see her father BABA (38) tending to her dying GRANDMA (92). Baba asks Fatima to say one final goodbye, but she flees to her bedroom filled with sorrow and despair. 

Sitting sadly by the window with her trusty cat, Fatima hears the traditional drumming of the approaching Ramadan announcer EMSAHAR (65). To her amazement, the magical energy beams emitted from the Emsahar’s drum illuminates the monochrome world they inhabit, bathing the neighbourhood in colour and light. Fatima hatches an ambitious plan to harness the powers of the Emsahar and resuscitate her ailing grandmother.

Despite her best efforts, nothing can revive Fatima’s grandmother and she dies that night. Fatima and her father say a tearful goodbye but are soon jolted from their grief by a familiar voice outside. Running outside into the neighbourhood, Fatima is delighted to meet her Grandmother once more, now transformed into a benevolent, ghost-like Emsahar. Tears of sorrow are replaced by tears of joy as Fatima makes one final connection with her beloved Grandmother, before she watches her march away, drumming and singing into the dawn light.