Noureya’s expecting a visit from her sister Mariam for Khadija’s wedding, and her son Badr’s excited about it to see his cousin Fatema whom he loves. Mariam isn’t as excited, since Noureya is over controlling her life. Noureya asks for Fatema’s hand for Badr, but Mariam surprises them by declining.
Mariam despises her sister for being a wedding singer, refusing to marry her daughter to her son. Noureya defends herself against Mariam’s arrogance, so she kicks them out. Fatema runs away from home and goes to Noureya, which enrages Mariam. Nour wants Jassem to marry her sister.
Noureya decides to sell her house to stay away from her cruel sister, which saddens her. Mariam fights with her brother Muftah for taking Noureya’s side when she threatens to report her. Badr returns money he borrowed from Mariam, and is broken hearted for seeing Fatema for the last time.
Nour goes out with Fatema, and Khawla is sad about the lost house. Badr asks his sister, Khawla, to tell Fatema that he loves and misses her. Mariam tries to calm Fatema with her reasons for declining Badr’s proposal. Badr’s reminiscing about Fatema.
Badr’s pushed to marry Hussa, who’s welcomed and loved by Khawla as a sister. Fatema's father tries to comfort her, as she breaks after knowing Badr’s marrying. Saleh ignores his wife’s scolding for being late at Badr’s wedding.
Noureya urges Badr to forget Fatema as he’s now married, and Fatema falls apart when he sends her a present, and Hussa doesn’t understand his aloofness from her, and surprises him that she knows all about Fatema, yet she wants to build a home with him. Jassem sees Khawla and thinks of proposing to her.
Mariam scolds Noureya for not inviting her to Badr’s wedding, and then decides to marry Fatema to Ibrahim despite her refusal. Fatema insists to have her aunt as her wedding singer, reproaches Badr for marrying. Mariam offers Noureya money to sing at Fatema’s wedding, which saddens her.
Badr’s enraged and yells over Fatema’s wedding news. Fatema falls apart and cries before her aunt when she goes to sing at her wedding. Fatema secretly despises Ibrahim, her husband, whose sister advises him to treat her well when she sees Fatema sadness, yet Fatema treats her badly when she visits.
Noura tells Khawla that Jassem wants to marry her. Ibrahim sees his wife holding Badr’s photo. Lateefa tries to ease things between them. Badr’s looking for his missing uncle, Muftah, who appears lost in the desert. Mariam’s upset of Fatema’s relation with her husband, and fights with Noureya over it.
Hussa miscarriages, and feels Badr is not sad about it. Muftah’s running from Mubarak’s men. Fatema returns to her husband who wants to humiliate her, but she refuses. Khawla’s worried about meeting Jassem’s family for the first time, as they meet her brother to propose to her.
Fatema’s ill with her stomach, and Lateefa suspects she’s pregnant, So Ibrahim takes her to the doctor just to confirm her suspicions. Fatema worries over pregnancy, so she goes to her mother’s to find Muftah there. Saleh’s wife still suspects him, while Noureya thanks him for being there for her.
Fatema scolds Badr for leaving her. Nora likes Mubarak, and asks her sister’s advice how to marry him. Lateefa sees Badr’s photo in Fatema’s closet. Fatema’s mom scolds her for wishing for a divorce. Badr’s upset his mom hid Fatema’s pregnancy from him; she tells him to think only of his wife, Husa.
Ibrahim confronts Fatema with Badr’s photo, they clash with each other. Saleh decides to remarry over his wife, and Noureya sees him with the woman he plans on marrying. The TV requests from Badr that Noureya records folklore songs for them. Nora comes in screaming with torn clothes.
Saleh does remarry. Ibrahim’s father take him to Fatema’s father to reconcile, and Mariam gets upset with them. Noureya starts recording the folk songs for TV with Badr accompanying her in singing.
Fatema’s dad dies. Saleh’s second wife tells him she’s pregnant, and Jasim asks him to divorce her. Badr fights with Mubarak when he sees him with Nora. Fatema refuses to go back to Ibrahim and mourns her father. Mariam insults her sister again, and wants her out of the house.
Ghazi asks his mother, Mariam, for forgiveness. Husa’s upset when Noureya receives Fatema at home. Mubarak requests to meet Noureya. Badr promises Fatema to stand by her after her father’s death. Years go by, and Badr’s daughter and Fatema’s son are grown, yet she still thinks of him.
Saleh’s second wife is hallucinating, and when he tries hinting to Sara of a second marriage she gets angry. Husa’s having pregnancy problems. Ibrahim visits Fatema and takes his son for a few days. Saleh introduces his son, Ali, to Noureya. Nora wants to visit Fatema.
Mariam wants to sell her jewelry so they can pay their debts. Badr’s opening a new store, which he bought from Mariam’s husband. Faysal asks his mom why she hates his father, and she learns that his aunt, Latifa, told him such nonsense. Nora’s upset when Mubarak talks to her dad about marriage.
Sara learns about Saleh remarrying, and lovingly takes in his son Ali, whom he took from his wife Rasmeya without her knowing, so she goes to fight with Sara. Fatema tells Badr they’ll sell their home to pay her father’s debts, and when Noureya tells her sister she’s welcomed anytime at her home.
Mariam & Fatema move into Noureya’s, and Hussa starts feeling jealous of Fatema,and Mariam warns Fatema of having anything to do with Badr. Rasmeya takes Ali from Sara while he’s ill, and when Saleh asks for Noureya’s help, she tells him he must take responsibility for his decisions.
Muftah fights with Mubarak, and admits his love to Nora. Saleh’s upset with Sara letting Rasmeya take Ali away. Mariam decides to move out from Noureya’s house. Noureya reminisces about her history with Saleh, and how she still keeps a ring he gave her years ago.
Amina’s all grown and in college now. Wasmeya’s living with Sara, and her health’s deteriorating. Sara refuses that Nora marries Muftah, and tries to have a baby. Fatema sees Hussa & her daughter, living well-off, and her mother, Mariam, is upset to see her sister’s becoming famous.
Mariam wishes her husband would have taken another business that would have made them rich like Badr; she’s still quite enraged about Noureya’s fame and singing career, who on the other hand misses Mariam a lot, and asks Badr to check on her. Faysal, Fatema’s son, is trying to get closer to Amina.
Fatema’s not happy with Faysal’s behavior. Wasmeya’s condition’s worsening after her son’s death. Amina tells her grandma, Noureya, that she likes Faysal, which infuriates her as she’s always been belittled by her sister for being a singer. Badr sends money to Fatema, which upsets Mariam.
Badr asks for Fatema’s daughter’s hand for Faysal, which brings back memories to Fatema. Wasmeya’s committed to a hospital and Sara cares for her. Amina’s torn between her grandma and her love for Faysal, which she doesn’t approve; Badr drives Amina to college when Faysal’s waiting to see her there.
Khawla warns Amina to give up her love for Faysal like Fatema & Badr did, and promises to take her side. While Fatema’s sad and reproaching Badr for drifting apart from her, Muftah asks Mariam to accompany him to ask for Amina’s hand from Noureya.
Nora’s pregnant. Mariam tells Fatma that she can make Amina accustomed to her ways, when she and Faysal finally get engaged. Badr travels for work, and later his business associate visits the family to tell them he died in a car accident which leaves Fatema, Amina, his wife & mother devastated.
Amina’s angry at Faysal as he wants to carry on with the wedding, while her father’s just passed away. Fatema can’t visit her aunt’s to stay away from Badr’s memories and wife. Mariam tells Faysal to take care of Amina, while Fatema wants him to forget about the whole thing.
Noureya & Hussa visit Fatema who tells them she doesn’t want her son to marry Amina anymore, and she succeeds in breaking them apart. Hussa supports her daughter, telling her she’s better off without Faysal, but she later reproaches him for forsaking her.
Mariam decides to bring Amina & Faysal together again; she asks Muftah to call a wedding registrar, and they go together to Noureya to reunite the two lovers. Fatema rips Badr’s photo, and yields to the fact that her daughter’s now married to Faysal, and she visits them to give them her blessings.