Synopsis of Las huellas en el desierto
Lebanese Khalid and Noura manage to escape from Turkey, but upon arrival in Lebanon, he is convicted of espionage and hanged in a public square. Noura then flees to Cairo where she meets Salah, her late husband’s partner in the liberation movement, who must soon leave for Jordan with an army under the command of Lawrence of Arabia to attack the Gulf of Aqaba. It will be in Cairo that Noura will meet Rania and the group of women who usually meet in her café. While the men will discover the high price they must pay for their participation in the Arab Revolt, these women will fight their own war in the arena of family and love.
Maha Akhtar
Maha Akhtar is a journalist and writer. She was a contributor to Departures, Travel & Leisure and The New York Times. Occasionally she collaborates with Food and Wine.
He started his career in the music world as public relations for the band The Cure. After touring with Robert Smith and his musicians for six years, he worked with Tim and Nina Zagat on the release of their famous Zagat Restaurant Guides, before joining CBS News, where he remained for fifteen years. Known in Spain as the author of two autobiographical titles, La nieta de la Maharaní and La princesa perdida, with Miel y almendras Maha made her first foray into the novel. Las huellas en el desierto is his long-awaited second novel.
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