Bøker av Leila Abouzeid

Brings to life the interlocking dramas of family ties and political conflict. Against a background of Morocco's struggle for independence from French colonial rule, this book charts the development of personal relationships, between generations as well as between husbands and wives.

Zahra has just returned to her hometown after being divorced by her husband for being too traditional and unable to keep up with his modern way of life. Having devoted herself to the creation of independent Morocco, she had expected to share the fruits of independence with him, but instead she finds herself cast out into a strange world.

New stories about modern Morocco and its people by critically acclaimed author Leila Abouzeid.