Madwoman of Bethlehem, The

"Shut off from the outside world in the Oasis for Troubled Women, an asylum for the mad, Amal has pretended to be one of the insane for nine years.   Abandoned by her family, her closest companion is fellow inmate Khadeejeh, who begs Amal to teach her how to read so that she may one day 'go to the mountain' and be rescued by a prince in silk robes."