Beneath a Shooting Star

In 1971, as a civil war rages in Pakistan, two girls are born in the cityÂof Lahore; Nadira to a Sunni family, and Hameeda to a Shia family. AtÂage six, an outspoken, lively Nadira and her beautiful, shy classmate,ÂHameeda, are drawn to each other, and they become the closest ofÂfriends. In the beginning, their religious differences mean very little.ÂBut as the years pass and their society fragments, their lives and theirÂrelationship are torn apart by a horrific, sectarian tragedy. Separated,Ât