Pakistan. A land of harsh traditions, where the power of money and status opens any door, where a man is considered an absolute master, and where defiant women can be punished in the most brutal way—up to being doused with acid.
Ayesha is a girl of rare courage and character for her native Multan. She lives up to her name, which can be translated as “Fire.” She is twenty-seven and still unmarried: Ayesha dreams of marriage based on love and waits for the man she chooses to be able to provide for both of them. For now, she works wholeheartedly at a local charitable organization, helping women who have survived domestic violence. But everything falls apart when Raza Masood—the heir to a fortune beyond imagination and the city’s unspoken ruler—decides to “take care” not only of the shelter, but of Ayesha herself. Realizing that the girl does not yield and slips out of his control, Raza chooses a monstrous revenge that forever changes her life. But it does not make her weak.
“My Name Is Fire” is a piercing, tragic story of love and resilience, of hope and inner strength—about how a young woman refuses to give up and forges her own path, despite what seem, at first glance, to be insurmountable barriers.