For a few years now, she’s been sharing great literature on her Instagram feed, @booksandbeans, and tirelessly advocating for up-and-coming authors. Growing up as one of nine siblings in a conservative Palestinian-American, Muslim family in Brooklyn, NY, Etaf Rum knew her family expected her life to revolve around marriage … You’ll need to steel yourself the more you delve into Etaf Rum's penetrating debut novel A Woman Is No Man, which follows Isra’s journey, and that of her daughter Deya. Publication date Publication date:2019-03-05. Editorial Review An Amazon Best Book of March 2019: Newlywed Isra thought life would be different when she immigrated to America from Palestine, but her dreams were quickly dashed. Share.

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2. April 22, 2019. In what ways is such silence harmful to Isra and other women and girls? 248.666mm (h) x. Tweet. It is a very specific story, but one that happens more often than the rest of society realizes. -Etaf Rum, A Woman Is No Man Rum takes us inside a world where few of us have been before: the lives of conservative Arab women living in America. Etaf also runs the Instagram account… ETAF RUM Discussion Guide 1.
Firstly, the story of how you came to write this book is breathtaking. Q&A with Etaf Rum, Author of A Woman is No Man. NC Author Etaf Rum is opening Books and Beans, a combination book store and coffee shop, at Rocky Mount Mills starting the week of October 21, 2019. She has a Masters of Arts in American and British Literature as well as undergraduate degrees in Philosophy and English Composition and teaches undergraduate courses in North Carolina, where she lives with her two children. The family saga in Etaf Rum's A Woman is No Man isn't meant to encapsulate the entire Arab-American experience. Book club questions for A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum discusses in-depth this story about three generations of Palestinian-American women. Rocky Mount Mills is about to have a place to buy books and coffee. Why might a community or culture have a “code of silence”? 29.464mm (d). When I found out she was writing a book of her own, I … Instead, she carefully sheds light on a reality many married Muslim women face. Etaf Rum’s debut novel is a dauntless exploration of the pathology of silence, an attempt to unsnarl the dark knot of history, culture, fear and trauma …

The daughter of Palestinian immigrants, Etaf Rum was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Beyond the literal, what does it mean for a person to … A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum 9780062699763 (Hardback, 2019).

165.1mm (w) x. Etaf Rum's A Woman Is No Man is a shattering, revelatory tale of immigration, womanhood, and the cyclical impact of violence and oppression.

In breaking her silence, Rum… The book club questions for A Woman Is No Man will have spoilers so check out my spoiler-free review first. Interview by Tizzy Brown. Author:Etaf Rum.