More than three thousand years ago, in a village in Egypt, people passed down tales of an entire city that vanished from history books. This city lived through a time of turmoil during the reign of King Ramses III, when foreign tribes called the Meshwesh swept across the borders of Egypt, spreading destruction and corruption among the villages and towns. The men of the city were slaughtered in a bloody battle, leaving its women alone to face fear, hunger, and the unknown. They were not queens or princesses, but ordinary women. Some tried to escape by fleeing, some ignited a revolt of the hungry, and some clung to magic in a final quest for survival.
The Kingdom of Women is not a legend, but a story inspired by true tales still told by the villagers today, even though it is not mentioned in any historical text. It is a story of resilience, of women who faced a time of collapse alone, wrote their stories, and then disappeared from history.
— Mustafa Qamari
