Publisher's Synopsis
"A blood of A woman will change history" An "Epic of Life" of a family of three generations will change the ethics and destiny of "A Woman of Honey" into a provocative case of mentality in a vast area of the world. An Experience in the facts of Female Genital Mutilation FGM Zouheir Shalabi, the pioneer Cypriot-Arab humanitarian writer with a treasure of more than 43 books, novels, poetry, and short stories, have decided to put down the big case of FGM into the sub-conscious of the humanity in another way than just studies, protests and physical analysis, or even psychological facts. Now the whole case is in a unique novel able to give the facts in motion actions to the readers. Such a way will quake the rocks in the hearts of all Human-beings. All the facts and the repercussions are there with all the breathtaking details. Thirty years old diary of an unknown woman reveals the secrets of a certain period where people are just hypnotized by certain inhuman beliefs. At a time, (some people work as mediators between God and people to get their commissions), like Osho says. FGM is not only a crime against females, but also against society, morality, dignity, justice, and even against God himself because he created something and such criminals come to cut in a dirty and savage way. The narration of this novel concludes unbelievably. It is the strike back of the victim at the most critical moments. The Drama in this novel is unmatchable in all Arab literature. The Drama is logical but with a Shakespearian supreme method reactivated in a modern way. The reader is expected to be haunted deeply for a long time. The reader will get to know an environment and ethics which he was not aware of them before. Dark Africa in the sorcerers' knives and black magic and descent justified crimes. This is a novel of love and sacrifice, wrapped in another story of a semi-modern way of love. It is a work of life concise of the hidden pains of humans, being put in the open show of our tragedies through centuries. It is an unforgettable work dedicated for the sake of 200 million mutilated women, and the innocent born females on the way as well. A Part of the Dialogue: (("- Dad! My dad! Good morning! Aren't you going to walk in the garden with me a little and collect some of the daffodils like we do every morning? Do you want me to make your coffee? I know how you love it! Come on, Dad! It is a beautiful morning today! I'm sixteen now. Come on, Dad! You wake up every morning before this time, don't you, Dad? You told me, Dad, that he is a polite and smart young man who loves work very much and I agreed with my mother and he is now coming officially to propose to me. Have you changed your mind, Dad? My Dad! Why don't you move? Please, don't joke with me, I'm afraid you'll forget me one day! Dad, for God's sake, come on! For the first time, you don't answer me." I turned to my mother who began to move. "- Mom! My father's not answering me!" "- My poor daughter! Have you forgotten? Your father is dead! His heart stopped! His voice has been muted! Today we must bury him! Today your father will be in the dust." "- Why, mother, man dies?!" I was trembling. "Why would he be buried under the dust where air is forbidden, as well as water and food?!" "- My daughter! Don't lose your mind! It is the destiny of humans! All people are like this!"))
