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فوق رأسي سحابة
Fawqa ra'si sahaba
“A Cloud Above My Head” (title translated by AI)
Doaa Ibrahim (دعاء إبراهيم, born 1988)
English editions
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Noha tells her story from a cell. Her father walked out on her when she was small to wed a Japanese woman, and her mother went from one husband to the next, leaving her open to abuse at home. Working as a nurse, she ends the lives of her patients and of anyone who comes close to her. She flees to Japan, but cannot flee herself, and ends up in a Japanese prison.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 208 pages in the original
- Genres
- Crime, Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Egypt, Japan
- First published
- 2024 by Dar al-Ain
- Author's age
- 36 when first published
- ISBN
9789774907760 (original)