Ver Cuevana2. Hamda, a widow whose husband had left her somewhere, struggled to support herself and her only daughter, Fatimah. The life of the mother and child is marginalized by other villagers, because Hamda works as a prostitute. Hamda is often cornered into a completely wrong position at the request of his son: the Holy Qur'an, mukena, prayer rugs, and Islamic religious textbooks.