The Call of the Curlew

Dr. Taha Hussein paints a clear picture of the Egyptian countryside, through the story of Amna, the rural girl who wants to avenge her sister Hanadi, after she was deceived by the single engineer for whom she worked as a maid. The story begins with the murder of the father, and Amna's maternal uncle's fear because of what her father did. The uncle insists on deporting her and her family from the village because people are threatening him and taunting him about his brother-in-law's adultery....