By writing this I do not hope to say that murder is at all justified, rather, I hope to talk about the meaning of her death and why it happened in the first place. Firdaus is an Egyptian woman held in prison due to her actions of killing a man. Because of her actions, she is sentenced to death. , did not have to happen as instead, Firdaus could have simply signed a paper which allowed her to live in prison or she could have not done anything and stayed in a household under the domestic abuse of her husband Sheikh Mahmoud. Knowing women were regarded less than a man, with a life already set out for women to work in the fields, hit puberty, then to get a grasp of household jobs before taken away by an arranged marriage. Firdaus simply wanted …show more content…
And the truth is savage and dangerous.”, said by Firdaus as the policemen put handcuffs on her wrists. Although her beliefs may not have been new, they were still looked down upon by the men around her. So she would just be underestimated due to being a woman until she one day killed a man.In which after those events she was no longer feared for killing a man but, her life causing an end to the men around her and vice versa. Both could not coexist side by side Firdaus women as a threat to everyday life, a threat that could cause crimes and female empowerment where the government being overthrown would seem like a possibility. Because her execution is drawing ever so close, being held in prison she realizes that she will not be alive to see the end of tomorrow. So as the clock ticks she reflects on the life she’s lived so far. With that reflection comes a sense of fear as the goal she has was a feeling of fulfillment or pride in her life. Where now she feels at ease with no, left in her heart, not even to death. As people did not fear Firdaus for her actions of killing a man, but the truth behind her die, the savage truth nobody wished to recognize. As although the truth can be simple, it may require a lot of courage to acknowledge is that not many