Translated to Arabic, «La voz dormida» (Sleeping Voice), a novel by Spanish writer Dulce Chacón first published in 2002. A group of women, imprisoned in Madrid's Ventas prison, raises the flag of dignity and courage as the only possible weapon to face humiliation, torture and death. Few novels we can qualify as essential. The sleeping voice is one of them because it helps us to dive into the role that women played during decisive years for the history of Spain. Relegated to the domestic sphere, they decided to assume the role that tradition denied them in order to fight for a fairer world. Some in the rear and the most daring in the armed vanguard of the guerrilla, where they left evidence of their courage and sacrifice.