Daughters of the NileOriginal, compelling, witty and historically illuminating, hilarious and essential reading. Helen Lederer, comedian, actress and founder of Comedy Women in Print Paris, 1940. The course of Fatiha Bin Khalid's life is changed forever when she befriends the Muslim feminist Doria Shafik. But after returning to Egypt and dedicating years to the fight for women's rights, she struggles to reconcile her political ideals with the realities of motherhood.