When his temper made her fear for her life, she and her servant girl sought refuge, traveling hundreds of miles across the deserts and mountains of Saudi Arabia dressed as men. She was also tempted by forbidden love as a young woman, and when her father found out about it, she was forced to marry her abusive cousin. Looking back to 1917, Salma tells Fawzia of the long, arduous, and adventurous journey of her own life. After tragedy strikes during a family trip to Mecca, she finds healing in a new friendship with an old woman named Salma al-Shamaali. When her sister Ibtisam discovers this and confronts her, Fawzia must choose between her love for Hisham and her fear of repercussions. A single woman named Fawzia Bughaidan pursues a forbidden relationship with a young man named Hisham in secret. This intriguing work of historical fiction begins in the city of Jeddah in 1978. A timeless story of forbidden love set against a Saudi Arabian backdrop.
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