Buran is the middle of seven daughters of a poor merchant buran is smart clever and wants to do something anything to help the family with the reluctant agreement of her parents she disguises herself as a boy not too hard for a slim teen age girl to doand sets out from baghdad to earn she hopes a fortune as a trader. The uncle of buran is one of my least favorite character because he has so much pride in his seven sons and doesnt have a problem with shoving that fact in his brothers face since he has seven daughters also he brags about how he is rich and how he would never allow one of his sons with any of his daughters but at the end he is begging to his brother for a marriage also among my least . Seven daughters and seven sons 224 by barbara cohen bahija lovejoy paperback 899 ship this item qualifies for free shipping buy online pick up in store check availability at nearby stores sign in to purchase instantly members save with free shipping everyday see details english 0688135633 899 in stock overview in an ancient arab nation one woman dares to be differentburan . To begin with buran is the fourth of the seven daughters of her father malik her family was poor and had barely enough money to feed themselves moreover burans father got ill and their family needed more money for his medicine buran decided to travel out of her country to become a trader. A retelling of a traditional arabic tale in which a young woman disguises herself as a man and opens up a shop in a distant city in order to help her impoverished family