Najwa's story is told in first person, and it is fascinating to view the world from her eyes. Najwa lost her nationality as a result of the coup that changed her country, and she gradually began to view herself as Muslim rather than Sudanese. Islamic faith is the central theme of the novel – fundamental but not radical Islam. How did this transformation occur?The novel jumps back and forth between the 1980s and the early 2000s. Twenty years later, Najwa is on her own, wearing the hijab, participating in women's meetings at the mosque, and working as a maid for a wealthy twenty-something woman and her younger brother. Everything changes when a coup deposes the president and they seek exile in London. They both attend university, but neither gives it their full attention. Najwa and her twin brother, Omar, are pampered.
Najwa is a privileged teenager in Sudan, where her father works for the President and her mother has a good job.
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