In the heart of old Cairo, behind dilapidated doors and towering mashrabiyas, stories throb with a hushed sound, mingling over the years until their truth becomes indistinguishable. At the end of Khedive Ismail's reign and the beginning of his son Tawfiq's era, "Zahzahan" lives in the shadows of an old house teeming with secrets. Her life oscillates between its high mashrabiya, from where she cautiously observes the world of the popular alley, and its narrow paths where love is forbidden, fear is a sleepless guard, and resistance flows in people's veins. In the bend of the ruined courtyard, every wall has its memory, and the doors conceal more than they reveal. There is "Amin," returning from his exile laden with the pains of longing and questions that find no answers. And "Fadl Wase'," the girl who carries her wounds like a shield, fighting the ghosts of her past and lost within the steam of the public bath. And "Halima," the slave girl searching for a life stolen from her without knowing why. And other women who pay the price as the nation pays, and in the background stands "Saber," the rebel in a world that knows no mercy, lying in wait for the moment of explosion. "Mashrabiyat Zahzahan"... a novel about love and betrayal, about the hidden power behind stories, and about souls searching for salvation.

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