When Fate Laughs

About this book

Behind the closed doors of a palace, Habiba Mohamed El-Shahid's novel follows people living under fear and psychological domination. A heavy past casts its shadow over the present and shapes the bond between the one who holds power and those who suffer under it. When Fate Laughs does not stop at depicting pain; it traces the search of the oppressed for a way to resist and survive, and asks whether a wounded person can reclaim their will and rebuild a life away from the one who caused the harm. Published by Lahn Al-Afkar Publishing and Distribution, this Arabic psychological novel speaks to readers drawn to stories of endurance under cruelty.