Pasha's daughters

Author's name: Nora Naji

A massive explosion in a small city shakes up the life on the ground... A beauty center houses the stories of ten women who talk about oppression and repression, illness and death, love and betrayal. In "The Pasha's Daughters," Nora Naji explores several areas of our society that are unspoken about, using intense, deeply humane writing. In this rich, vibrant text, she tells the story of a group of girls who work in a hair salon under the authority of the "Pasha." Most of the novel's events take place inside the salon, moving gracefully and lightly between different events and times. The novel takes us from the bombing of a church in Tanta to the Syrian war and its subsequent events, as well as transporting the reader into the lives of each girl, from her upbringing to the novel's setting that brings them together. Ten stories laden with pain and suffering about women, with whom one can only sympathize; they are victims of a society that lacks and is deprived of humanity to the utmost degree.