Ewa and Maurits travel to Białystok, the symbolic heart of Tatar Islam in Poland. They begin at a strikingly modern mosque surrounded by grey communist-era apartment blocks—an architectural contrast that mirrors the conflicting impressions they have about the Tatars' Islam.

Their walk through its empty corridors prompts the question: why to cover one’s hair in an empty mosque? Then they visit Dagmara, one of the few Tatar Muslim women they meet who wears a headscarf and teaches Islam. It's Ramadan, and they’re welcomed into her home during a time of fasting. Dagmara shares her story of faith, gender, and identity that is quite unlike what Ewa and Maurits have heard so far.

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