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Butterfly Wings: An Egyptian Novel Islamic festivals But Hoja wants to knowMohamed Salmawy A chance encounter on a plane throws together Doha, a fashion designer unhappily married to a leading figure in the Mubarak regime, and Ashraf, an academic and leading dissident. The story of their relationship and Dohas self discovery runs alongside a young Egyptians search for the mother he never knew, and these intersecting narratives unfold against the background of political protests that culminate in the overthrow of the regime.