Something is bugging me about the whole ‘return to Canada’ thing and it’s basically why the hell would she? She has absolutely everything she needs and wants in Syria in terms of accommodation, a man-slave, food and a cat. You might argue she doesn’t have healthcare and that everyone hates her but since when has that remotely bothered the Gunt? She doesn’t want to travel or see anything, she just wants to sit and seal and she can do that in Syria quite happily because in Syria GUNT IS A WEALTHY WOMAN.
As much as she loves to portray herself as a happy-go-lucky adventurous traveler bombshell vixen relatable queen, she's a creature of habit who will not tolerate feeling any sort of mild discomfort. And she's uncomfortable *all the fucking time.* In Syria, she's away from any and all of her regular coping mechanisms, namely greasy, fatty, sugary fast food that she can get *WITHOUT INCONVENIENCE.* In Syria, she has to rely on someone else to get it all for her, if she can get it at all. This is embarrassing. Thus, she feels more shame and instead of confronting her boorish hog behavior, she must bury it with more food and anger.
This isn't working anymore. She hates Syria. She hates being forced to pretend to be a good, normal, responsible adult in a close-knit familial culture. Everyone can see her disgusting, slovenly behavior up close. Salah's family in Syria has dealt with war, famine, and chaos for years. They won't be impressed by a spoiled, reeking, drooling cave woman the size of a water buffalo. They judge the shit out of her and she knows it.
Plus, her health problems have clearly gotten to the point that even she can't ignore them. In the back of her shriveled pea-sized brain, she's fully aware of the fact that she needs to be near Western health facilities, and the prospect of her needing expensive Western treatment at the drop of a hat is a 'when' not an 'if.'
Besides, Salah has clearly had enough of being her house slave. Which, okay, fine, fair enough. If he'd just leave her to binge on her fast food, she can make do. But she can't do that anymore. Hence why she's suddenly pressuring Peetz to come back to her. She needs that familiarity back. She needs weed and food to numb herself.