Novel by celebrated Palestinian feminist writer Sahar Khalifeh set during the First Intifada, following Palestinian women navigating marriage, desire, and political awakening as the West Bank erupts in collective resistance against Israeli occupation. Khalifeh uses the uprising as backdrop for an exploration of gender, social convention, and the personal dimensions of political struggle. Recommended for students of Palestinian women's literature and for researchers studying gender, political resistance, and the representation of the First Intifada in Palestinian fiction. Translated from its original Arabic by Sawad Hussain.
