Author : Angie Eissa
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1477251448
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (772 download)
Book Synopsis Perplexed by : Angie Eissa
Download or read book Perplexed written by Angie Eissa and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-11-05 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four Ladies lost in noisy turbulent Cairo; Dina Farouk, a teenager totally consumed by the idea of leaping to another social class and willing to do whatever it takes to get there. Mai Moussa, a Westernised Egyptian girl who does not believe in love or marriage trips and falls into a loopy relationship. Leila, in her thirties,locked up in the perfect marriage looking for a chance to escape. Lastly Malak Abdel Ghaffar, a prominent business woman who helps all three ladies see the ultimate and inevitable truth. Perplexed tells you the story of how women in Egypt are crushed between the governing rules of a harsh society and a backlog of traditions and beliefs. The story portrays the real lives of well-educated Egyptian women fighting against their own bringing up, their circumstances, fanatic believes and black boxed culture defeating their own fears and ties in perseverance of survival in the land of Chaos. An Egyptian Novel revealing the concealed values and hidden chauvinistic beliefs of modern Egypt, the conflicting and often confusing relation between life and religion in Egypt, the inevitable struggle between need and conscience, right and wrong.