Shadya Zoabi, a 17 year old Muslim girl from a small Arab

village in northern Israel and a World Champion in Karate, lives according to her own distinct principle, refusing to be like other Muslim women. Shadyas brothers are against her Karate career. In their view, a Muslim woman has a predetermined path in life, and straying from this destiny is forbidden. In spite of Shadyas fathers support of her Karate career, the social pressure from her brothers and the surrounding community is difficult to overcome.

Shadya is a story about the coming of age of a young  uslim woman who desires to succeed on her own terms but who is still committed to her life within her Muslim community. Will she succeed in balancing her ambitions and stay a World Champion?