# The Sand Child

by Tahar Ben Jelloun, Morocco, 1985

Determined to have a son after seven daughters, Hajji Ahmed names his eighth child Mohammed Ahmed, but as this child matures, she explores her true sexual identity as a woman named Zahra.

ISBN: 9780801864407

## See also

- [Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://africantales.net/authors/tahar-ben-jelloun)
- [More from Morocco](https://africantales.net/countries/MAR)
- [Literary Fiction](https://africantales.net/genres/literary-fiction)
- [The 1980s](https://africantales.net/decades/1980s)

Source: https://africantales.net/books/the-sand-child