Bread Pudding

The story of this Egpytian dessert, as Naglaa describes, rivals its decadence: There once was a woman named Shajar al-Durr, who was bought as a slave by King Al-Saleh Najmuddin Ayoub. They had a son and eventually married. Shajar al-Durr was literate, educated, and beautiful — so the king set her free. When King Najmuddin died, Shajar al-Durr kept the news secret to maintain control and rule Egypt. But the Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad did not like a woman sitting on the throne — leading to