Zohra was one of the main character in the novel Miramar but she didn't had her own chapter. Zohra was beautiful, rebellious and hardworking girl, who ran away from her house because she was forced to marry someone she didn't want to. Zohra in Miramar symbolized the status of women in Alexandria of that time. A woman who had no rights, was uneducated and forced to mary a man she didn't want to. Zohra, also illustrated the gender symbol of nation because women never thought to be considered equal to men by that time in Alexandria. Men were considered to be the voice for the women but, Zohra rebelled against all that. She started to work in a pension and also hired a teacher to learn and to gain knowledge, at that time people thought that it
