![]() ![]() But in giving voice to the silenced, A Woman is No Man resonates with women of all backgrounds. It’s about three generations of Palestinian American women living in Brooklyn who are torn between individual desire and the strict mores of their culture. ![]() Etaf Rum’s debut novel was an act of courage, one that helped her on her own journey of liberation. ![]() Yet Rum is also sensitive to the trauma experienced by the Palestinian community as a result of its historic dispossession when the state f Israel was established.īut the oppression of a people cannot be the excuse to ignore the oppression of women. When Etaf Rum was writing her debut novel, A Woman Is No Man, she was beset by fear.Įmerging from her own difficult experience as a Palestinian American Woman, the book reveals a soul-crushing patriarchy that is a key part of traditional Arab culture, as it is of many traditional cultures. It is an intimate glimpse into a controlling and closed cultural world and a universal tale about family and the ways silence and shame can destroy those we have sworn to protect. Etaf Rum drew on her own experience as a Palestinian-American in writing her novel. Set in an America at once foreign to many and staggeringly close at hand, A Woman Is No Man is a story of culture and honor, secrets and betrayals, love and violence. It explores the position of women within traditional Arab culture, not just in the country of origin, but also here in America. We talk with Etaf Rum about her acclaimed debut novel, A Woman is No Man. ![]()
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