Portraits of Palestinian Women
Orayb Aref Najjar
ISBN 0-87480-385-3
In Portraits of Palestinian Women, fourteen women of diverse background offer an intimate look at life in the Occupied Territories and Arab Society. Combined with the centrality of life under military occupation, a variety of family situations emerges-liberal and authoritarian fathers, strong and submissive mothers, conventional and unconventional husbands-belying the notion of an archetypal Arab/Muslim family. Having begun her interviews in 1984, before the Intifada, Najjir returned five years later to update the lives of the women and to gain additional perspective.
This is not primarily a book about Palestinian-Israeli politics, although it sheds light on the subject. Rather, it is a collection of vital, resonant voices that tells us what it is like to be Palestinian and female.
Price: $15.00
Hardback, 312 pages
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