Abu Haita Estate

About this book

On the western edge of a remote Upper Egyptian village stands a wall whose origin no one can explain. Travelers speak of a buried secret able to summon a lover or sever a bond, but the people of Abu Haita Estate know a darker truth: the wall marks the boundary of an old covenant written in fear. Saadia, a child born with clouded eyes that see what others cannot, grows up beneath the rule of a grandmother who practices magic. Moving across intertwined periods and between human and jinn destinies, Nada Al-Qarmalawi explores inherited violence, stolen choice, and the search for divine wisdom amid suffering.