Nouzha Mabrouk

Inspired by a true story, this novel follows Noor, an immigrant woman navigating the painful contradictions between cultural expectations and personal truth. Raised to honour family an tradition, she finds herself lost in a world where those very ideals have betrayed her. Struggling with a fractured sense of self, Noor is caught between who she was taught to be and who she truly is.

As she seeks to belong within her family and society, Noor confronts the unsettling question: how does one coexist with deception when it’s woven into the fabric of love, duty, an identity? Her psychological unravelling gives way to transformation, a subconscious revolt against the forces that confined her.