Set a Purpose

Discover the difficulties that Nadia experiences.

In the land of the drifting sands where the Bedouin move their tents to follow the fertile grasses, there lived a girl whose stubbornness and flashing temper caused her to be known throughout the desert as Nadia the Willful.

Nadia’s father, the sheik Tarik, whose kindness and graciousness caused his name to be praised in every tent, did not know what to do with his willful daughter.

Only Hamed, the eldest of Nadia’s six brothers and Tarik’s favorite son, could calm Nadia’s temper when it flashed. “Oh, angry one,” he would say, “shall we see how long you can stay that way?” And he would laugh and tease and pull at her dark hair until she laughed back. Then she would follow Hamed wherever he led.

Critical Viewing: Character Which characters does the artist portray in this painting?