![]() ![]() ![]() and raise their family in a neighborhood in Brooklyn where other Palestinian immigrants also live. Eventually, she and her husband make it to the U.S. Displaced during a time when women, many already stifled and abused by the men in their families, became further oppressed due to the ongoing conflict-she struggled in refugee camps for many years. ![]() In A Woman Is No Man, Palestinian-American author Etaf Rum draws the reader in as she deftly explores a range of weighty topics-including the immigration experience, misogyny, oppression, domestic abuse, and cultural expectations and taboos-through the eyes of three generations of Arab women.įareeda, the novel’s overbearing matriarch, grew up in Palestine. We’ve launched a space for passionate readers like you to dive deeper and connect with each other while exploring women’s power. We hope you’ll join the discussion online! Don’t forget to join the #WFWIBookClub Facebook Group… The largely biographical and ultimately tragic tale takes readers from 1990s Palestine to a Brooklyn neighborhood of Palestinian immigrants in 2008-where an honorable reputation is everything … disgraceful secrets are kept in the dark … and equal rights and gender equality are something women are still fighting for. This captivating debut novel and New York Times bestseller tells the story of three generations of Arab women and their respective struggles under crushing patriarchal oppression. ![]()
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