The city of Faar is governed by the hands of pure evil twin sisters, unstoppable
evil lurks around. The twin sisters are consuming every inch of their own
kingdom, led by their own selfishness and acquisitiveness. The whole world
seems to fall apart, people are tired of their cruelty, tired of blood being
spilled and when everything seemed hopeless a girl, April Lanace finally
discovers the concealing truth about herself and the world around. Behind the
black rag she uses, a truly beautiful person remains shrouded. She has more
power than she imagines. However, she will now have to choose which path is
right. If she is willing to save Faar from the devil reign and make finally
peace among every one she must keep herself prudent since to do
justice you must be pure of heart. Yet, she isn’t aware the devil is close, lurking. It has laid a weapon, a weapon
which could change all her decisions and make her journey far more tricky. Will she be strong enough and suppress what she feels to save Faar on time? Or will she fall into the devils trap and commit sin by her own foolishness?
“ Slavery ”, “ humiliating ”, “ abusing ”, “ filthy ”, “ degrading ”, “ easy way out” . All these stigmas are used when describing a prostitute, yet it is all this that grants Firdaus utter freedom. This novel uncovers the naked truth of what it means to be a woman in an egyptian patriarchal society in the early 1980’s. In the world that Firdaus knows, women exist to serve men, women belong to men, women reside in the power of the hands of men. Female humans are objects, possessions, slaves and pleasure machines; in Firdaus society “all women are prostitutes of one kind or another” . She accepts the crude reality of what women are; arguing that “men force women to sell their bodies at a price, and that the lowest paid body is that of a wife” Wives are maltreated prostitutes who trade their sexual service for regular subsistence, housing and support of their offspring. Prostitutes are autonomous prostitutes who trade their sexual service for freedom. In the end however, Firdaus co...
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