![]() After that, the Israelis put them into work camps just as the Germans did to the Jews during WW2. This is very much a novel about the oppression of women in Arabic/Palestinian culture, but the whole time I was reading it, I was seeing injustice at every turn, starting with Fareeda and her husband, patriarch Khaled, whose property and land in Palestine are stolen from them by Israeli soldiers. If anything, I think it’s sadness, or discontent at least, that’s at the root of everything beautiful” (176). Revolutions don’t come from a place of happiness. It’s discontent that drives creation the most-passion, desire, defiance. There is no skill to happiness, no strength of character, nothing extraordinary. ![]() Too often being happy means playing it safe. ![]() ![]() Abuse is explored throughout this novel, but before we point fingers at Arabic culture, let’s not forget that spousal abuse is also an American problem and a problem everywhere in the world.Ī memorable quotation from the best character in the book, Sarah (Adam’s sister and aunt to Deya) is as follows: “I don’t care about being happy. Adam, Fareeda’s son and Isra’s husband, like many men in the Arabic culture, beats his wife. Mother in law, Fareeda, is the family matriarch and keeper of toxic family secrets and tradition, no matter the cost, especially if it means keeping the family’s reputation intact among the Palestinian community in Brooklyn, NY. ![]() I was so invested in the fates of the female characters, especially Sarah, Isra, and Deya. ![]()
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