Set against the backdrop of the Lebanese civil war in Beirut, Faten is a young teenager set on excelling at school but has her normal life disrupted by the war. Forced to leave her village to work as a maid in the city she confronts several difficult situations that she manages to overcome with her wit, sheer ambition and the aid of a few supportive friends. This compelling story is the saga of her ultimate escape from these bonds to achieve the life she always dreamt of.
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Fatima Sharafeddine is a writer, translator, and editor of children's and young adult literature living in Beirut and Brussels. She has written and published over 120 books, many of which have been translated into various languages. Samar Mahfouz Barraj is a prominent and award-winning Lebanese writer of children's and young adult literature in Arabic who ha
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