Malik, the main character, is a young Yemeni who has been sent to live with his aunt in France after his mother's death. Malik becomes aware that his aunt has lied when she told her Yemeni family that living in France was wonderful. She was too ashamed to tell the truth. She could not admit that she was struggling, facing a multitude of difficulties, racism, poverty, exploitation, solitude, nostalgia and her broken dreams. Malik has to find his place in this other culture, so different from his own. Hence the title 'Where do I belong?' He is lost, grieving his country, its ancestral traditions and, above all, his mother. Like a tightrope walker, he finds his own way as different events take place. He grows up.