We do not plant thorns (part 1/2)

"e;We Do Not Sow Thorns"e; is one of the most famous novels by the romantic knight, the great writer Youssef El Sebaei. The novel's events take place in a working-class neighborhood in Cairo, where the heroine, "e;Sayyida,"e; grows up as a child torn apart by poverty and oppression after her mother's passing and lives a life of humiliation after her father's sudden death, to the point that she thinks life offers her nothing but thorns. But in the midst of darkness, a spark of love and hope ignites. Can she confront the ghosts of her past, or will the thorns planted by circumstances continue to hurt her? It's a moving novel that reveals the fragility of humankind and its deep-seated strength, through the story of a girl striving for dignity and survival. The novel was adapted into a film in 1970 and a television series in 1998.