At this home, Firdaus takes care of the house and cooks for Bayoumi. Looking at him, she feels no fear, for he seems calm, quiet, and incapable of being violent or cruel. The shop owner's name is Bayoumi, and he reminds Firdaus of her father. When Firdaus says she has no one, he offers to let her stay in his spare room at his apartment until she finds work. The owner of the shop asks for her name and about her family. He brings her the water and then brings the owner of the coffee shop over to talk to her. At first, the waiter is annoyed, but then he sees her face and takes pity. She passes a coffee shop and asks for a glass of water. Although her face is swollen and bloody, no one asks her what is wrong or if they can help her. She leaves his house again, this time for the streets. One day, the Sheikh beats her so badly that she begins to bleed. He leaps at her, and Firdaus lies passively as he rapes her, all the fight drained from her body. He jumps up and begins to yell at her, asking why she didn’t stay at her uncle’s house if she wanted to run away. Sheikh Mahmoud ignores Firdaus until she tries to eat some of the breakfast she prepared for them. Firdaus runs to her uncle’s house for protection, but he says that all husbands beat their wives he returns her to Sheikh Mahmoud’s house that same day.īack at her husband’s house, tensions are high. One day, he hits her all over her body with his shoe, and her body swells up. He watches Firdaus closely, and if he catches her wasting food or household goods, he beats her. He has no friends and never leaves the house for fear of spending too much money. When he falls asleep, she slips out of bed and washes her body vigorously.
At night, he kisses her, touches her body, and sleeps with her.
Sheikh Mahmoud has an open sore on his chin, and it disgusts her.
At his house, she finally has a comfortable bed to sleep in, but her husband is constantly around her. Soon after Firdaus returns to her uncle’s house, she marries Sheikh Mahmoud.
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