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"This is a tense story of identify confusion and unconventional friendship. Hamid, a first-year medical student at Tel Aviv University, is looking for a room to rent. All the doors are slammed in his face because he is an Arab, until he reaches Miriam Rosen's house. She feeds him a hot meal, runs him a bath, and lays out clean clothes for him in his room. She also calls him Haim. Uneasy, Hamid corrects Miriam's mistake, but she doesn't seem to hear. Hamid discovers that Miriam is pretending that he is her son, Haim, whose death in the last war she cannot accept. Comforted by Hamid-Haim's presence, Miriam slowly regains her peace of mind. The idyll ends when Miriam's daughters accuse Hamid of deceiving Miriam and force him to leave the house. Distraught, Miriam follows him to his village in the Galilee, where she is taken in by Hamid's family. At the sight of Hamid's grieving aunt, who has also lost a son, Miriam finally accepts reality"-- Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature website.