Ziada is a girl from a village in Sohag, the daughter of a hired man who works with an ax to earn his living. He has seven daughters and one son, and she is the fifth daughter. And when her father was working in the field, and they told him of her coming (being born) and what he would call her; He looked away and said, "I call it an increase." Her father, whose name is Miskeen, sees that she came more than he needed, for he was waiting for the boy to come, not the girl, for the girl in his eyes was a shame and an embarrassment! There are many problems between her and her father and society.
