Jane and her friend arrive in Syria by sea and decide to visit the landmarks of Syria. The British consul meets Jane and asks her to take her tour with two of his guards, after which she goes to his house where he hosts her.
Jane asks the guard to take her to visit Palestine, but the guard tells her that this trip is very dangerous and needs certain men to ensure her safety. On her tour, Jane goes to a tribe in the desert whose chieftain is Sheikh Saleh.
Jane tells the British consul that she has decided to go to Palmyra and asks him to provide her with personal protection. The consul warns Jane against traveling frequently to cities and villages that she does not know anything about, but she does heed his words.
Jane decides to go again to visit a Bedouin tribe in the desert, whereupon she meets for the first time Sheikh Medjuel, who asks his men to secure Jane's way wherever she wants to go.
Jane decides to stay for a while with the tribe of Sheikh Medjuel, who learns that Jane does not want to go and wishes to stay with his tribe because of her great admiration for and attachment to his personality.
Jane tells Medjuel that her life has changed completely once she landed in Syria and that she will never go on another trip like this one. Medjuel takes Jane on a trip through the desert.
Jane sits with the women of the tribe and tells them that she wants to learn everything from them. Medjuel proposes to Jane and she agrees.
Medjuel asks Jane to pay attention to the customs and traditions of his family in the tribe and try to learn from them their personal lifestyle. Jane tells Medjuel that she wants to have a baby with him.
Jane writes to her friends in England about her life, her marriage to Medjuel, and her happiness at living with his family. Medjuel tries to look everywhere for the men who have threatened the people of his tribe.
Jane asks her husband to rest from traveling and the daily trips he goes on with his men, but Medjuel tells her that he is used to such matters and will not rest until he catches the thieves.
Medjuel is surprised by how quickly his wife, Jane, has learned the tribe's dialect and is amazed after she cooks him food very similar to the tribe's people's food, upon which Medjuel tells Jane that he is very proud of her and happy with her.
When Jane asks Medjuel that she go to her family in England to visit them then come back, Medjuel refuses at first but then agrees.
Jane checks on her family in England and soon misses her beloved husband, Medjuel. As Jane asks her family to let her return to Syria and her husband, they try to persuade her to stay with them, which Jane refuses.
Jane returns to Damascus and goes to visit the consul, whom she asks to give her a bunch of rifles for the protection of the women and children of her husband's Medjuel's tribe from thieves and bandits.
Jane gets the rifles from the consul and decides to return to her husband's tribe. A man tries to assault Jane after seeing her alone in her tent, but a military man from the cortège accompanying her saves her.
As Jane feels tired, she loses consciousness and falls to the ground. Medjuel goes crazy after seeing his wife sick and decides to stay in the tribe until she's fine.
Jane wakes up from her illness and calls her husband, Medjuel, in order to see him. Medjuel tells Jane that he was saddened by her illness and that he will never leave her.
The leaders of the tribes are pleased with Jane's opinion on many matters concerning them, and Sheikh Muhammad tells her that he wishes to see her always and to seek her wise advice in the sessions of the Arab sheikhs.
Jane decides to take advantage of her experience and teach the children of the tribe music, science, and everything she knows in life. Medjuel sits with his wife and tells her that the best decision he has made in his life was the day he married her.
Medjuel gets angry with Jane when he learns that she treated Abed after breaking his left foot and asks her not to do it again, but Jane tells him that she didn't think then of him as a man or a girl but just wanted to help.
Sheikh Muhammad and Sheikh Faris ask Medjuel to ask his wife, Jane, to go with them on the trip, especially since she is very wise and has the ability and experience in matters of medicine.
Medjuel and the elders of the tribe decide to leave the desert and go to the cities, specifically Damascus. Jane tells Medjuel that she is very happy with his decision and will always support him.
Medjuel feels upset about the people of the city treating him and his tribe as strangers and tells his feelings to his wife, Jane, who practices her hobby of teaching young children music and poetry.
Jane asks the British consul that his men not harm her people and family in the tribe and warns him of the harassment of the soldiers against the tribe.
Medjuel makes his wife happy and gifts her with a beautiful dress. The British consul sits down with Jane and tells her that she is no longer under British protection after her marriage to Medjuel.
A lady from the village asks Jane to teach her to play the piano, and Jane agrees and begins the lessons with her. Medjuel asks Jane to go with him on a trip through the desert to relive their memories together and their first encounter.
Medjuel takes a number of the tribesmen and goes with them on a trip to the desert where they used to live. Jane writes to her husband that she misses him very much and asks him to come back quickly.
Jane tries to help the people of the village in matters of medicine, especially after learning that the chief of the neighborhood is very ill and cannot find the appropriate treatment for his condition. Jane teaches the children of the village music and how to play the piano.
Sir Richard asks Jane to take him to the sheikh, the emir of the Arab tribes, to speak with him, while Isabel asks Jane to tell her all about the Arab sheikhs so that she can write all these things down in the book she is writing.
Jane and her husband, Medjuel, grow old. The British consul visits his friend, Jane, at her house, tells her that he learned a lot from her, and asks her to forgive him. Jane tells Medjuel that she did not love anyone in her life as she loved him, after which she dies.