Daughter of Dust

Leila understands from early on that she is not part of normal Sudanese society. Her parents are unable to care for her, so she is banished to a strict orphanage, along with children born outside marriage. At school, Leila and her best friend Amal are called ''daughters of sin''. Her pretty sister, Zulima, is married off to a much older man, while the nannies say an abandoned girl is lucky to get ...