An infant enters the palace and causes upheaval: Wet nurses are summoned and dismissed; the infant wants nothing to do with them. His screams fill the palace. Guards are everywhere, trying to maintain order. Asiyā leaves her royal duties and occupies herself with her newly adopted son, aching to sooth his cries. Firʿawn tries but fails miserably to restore order in his once peaceful palace – he is helpless in the face of a hungry infant. All of this because…
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