Cleopatra
by Saara El-Arifi· 2026
A reimagining of the iconic Egyptian queen which counters the accusations made against her.
You know my name. But you do not know me. Your historians call me seductress, but I was ever in love's thrall. Your playwrights speak of witchcraft, but my talents came from the gods themselves. Your poets sing of my blood-lust, but I was always protecting my children. How wilfully they refuse to concede that a woman could be powerful, strategic, divinely blessed to rule. Death will silence me no longer. This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived. This novel shows us Cleopatra on her own terms.
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A reimagining of the iconic Egyptian queen which counters the accusations made against her. You know my name. But you do not know me. Your historians call me seductress, but I was ever in love's thrall. Your playwrights speak of witchcraft, but my talents came from the gods themselves. Your poets sing of my blood-lust, but I was always protecting my children. How wilfully they refuse to concede that a woman could be powerful, strategic, divinely blessed to rule. Death will silence me no longer. This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived. This novel shows us Cleopatra on her own terms.