God Doesn’t Make a Mistake

Atly, Pir Bibi’s son and a camel driver, died 50 days ago in a camel’s attack. His widow and two children now live with Pir Bibi. His daughter, Fereshteh who has cancer, relates the story of her father’s death on the feast day. According to the tribe’s tradition, they must leave their village Incheh Borun on the Iran Turkmenistan border on the feast day. Pir Bibi decides to go to her brothers in Ashuradeh to have the last negotiation for the staying of the widow. Fereshteh’s version of her father’s death is different.