A Woman Is No Man

Women's Domestic Life Fiction

Author: Etaf Rum

This debut novel by an Arab-American voice,takes us inside the lives of conservative Arab women living in America.In Brooklyn, eighteen-year-old Deya is starting to meet with suitors. Though she doesn’t want to get married, her grandparents give her no choice. History is repeating itself: Deya’s mother, Isra, also had no choice when she left Palestine as a teenager to marr….Read More

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