Elles book club held a discussion session on the novel Istighmaya by writer and novelist Kamelia Hussein, in a gathering marked by open dialogue and thoughtful exchange around the literary work.
Istighmaya is the author’s debut novel and won the Voices and Lines Literary Crime Fiction Workshop Award, organized by Storytel Audiobooks in collaboration with the Egyptian Lebanese Publishing House in 2022.
The discussion addressed the critical reception the novel has received since its publication, particularly its distinctive literary use of the crime fiction genre to explore the experience of motherhood and its psychological and human complexities, raising a range of literary and human questions.
