Zizi Abd Elmouty Elsayed Shousha

The work takes the form of a fictional biography of women who left their homes in order to come to the capital to work or study. It probes the hidden sides of their lives: the difficulties they encounter, their social and psychological conflicts, the paths and means they pursue to achieve their dreams. Taking as its chronological starting point the first group of women who migrated from the countryside to Cairo to study, the novel observes the impacts of the social, political and cultural developments on their lives. In the process, it explores freedom, identity, individualism and other such crucial questions the West forced the women to face in the contexts of the dramatic tumult of their unique, intriguing and inspiring experiences.