“I wanted to write something aesthetic but after I had written it, I realised that I had really put the spotlight on this social class,” says Khaled. The book looks at the upper middle-class in Egypt from the 1960s to the 1980s, switching between the narration of aunt and niece. An English translation by Marwa Elnaggar was published by the American University in Cairo Press in 2011. Each piece represents a member of the family or an important family event. Nunu's paintings tell of an earlier romance and aspirations to be an artist in a family that considers a career in the humanities disgraceful. Ater Nunu falls into a coma after an accident at sea, Leila explores her aunt's artwork. In it she tells the story of two women, Leila and her aunt Nunu. Khaled will open the conversation with a short introductory piece on creative writing, Story Telling is my Fate since I Became the Puppet of My Own Self!, before reading from her 2007 novel The Magic of Turquoise. The author Mai Khaled will tackle the controversial subject of taboo and expectation among Egypt's middle and upper classes at the Literaturhaus at Nadi literary salon series in Alserkal Avenue on Saturday.
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