Foreign correspondent Morgan Pålsson and his photographer Robert Flycht are sent on assignment to an unknown North African country – Matóbo. The assignment is to cover the country's elections, but instead a military coup breaks out and Morgan turns out to be the only foreign journalist on the scene. This is his chance to show what he's made of.

Muhammad and Fatima have been married for fifteen years. They are both Muslims and come from Iran. In Sweden, they try to live a typical Swedish life, but it turns out not to be so simple.