A umbilical cord

Sofi Biran, the French woman, passionate about speed, and averse to stability, her sadness is sudden but genuine, and her desires are surprising but stem from existential anxiety, and her questions are many but she hides deep wounds. And Hanifa Kamal, the stubborn Kurdish girl, who lived a rebellious childhood in Aleppo, which ended with painful torment when the father had to choose between two wives, and the decision was to divorce her mother and move them to a distant village. There is a "secret string" connecting the two, which will only be revealed with Paula, who decides to travel from Paris to Aleppo. Maha Hassan takes us in her novel into the world of Kurds in Syria, with all its rituals, customs, and traditions, shedding light on their suffering in a country they live in, but which is harsh on them. She moves between two cultures: the West and the East, and in doing so, she raises the questions of identity, its true components, and the question of belonging and its meaning.