A beautifully illustrated book that follows a young girl growing up within a tightly bound community shaped by tradition, conflict, and expectation.

Through her eyes, we move across the small rituals of daily life and the larger forces pressing in from outside — politics, faith, gender, belonging. The red ribbon of the title becomes a quiet emblem: of identity, of girlhood, of something both decorative and binding.

The book centres domestic space — kitchens, courtyards, conversations overheard — and lets the wider history pulse at the edges. It’s a coming-of-age story told from within, attentive to nuance rather than spectacle.