![]() ![]() She embarks on a journey to discover herself, and in the process discovers her mother as well. Pressured by her grandparents to settle down, Deya is conflicted between their demands and her own desires. Years later, her 18-year-old daughter, Deya, is expected to conform to the same strict norms-forego schooling and marry a Palestinian-American boy. ![]() Soon, she is subjected to domestic abuse, and having failed to birth a son adds to her woes. ![]() Though the country changes, her destiny remains the same. Marriage to Adam takes her to America where she lives with his mother Fareeda, father Khaled, two younger brothers, and sister, Sarah, in a faded red brick house in an area filled with immigrants. ![]() Isra dreams of books, and a life different from that of her mother. Their lives are governed and bound by societal norms and a strict culture that believes in male supremacy. Isra Hadid’s story begins in war-torn Palestine in 1990, where she lives with her parents and siblings. This is the story of one Palestinian-American family and should not be seen as a representation of the entire community. Set partly in Palestine and the USA, these women are torn between individual desires, the strict mores of Arab culture, and the patriarchy suppressing them. Etaf Rum’s debut novel, A Woman Is No Man, is the story of three generations of Palestinian-American women narrated across different timelines. ![]()
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