A Woman Is No Man

What is the main setting in the novel, A Woman Is No Man?

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Fareeda and Khaled’s home in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, is the most significant setting of the novel. That Rum writes the bulk of the novel within the confines of the house reflects one of her themes of A Woman’s Place. The women of the novel - Fareeda, Sarah, Isra, Deya, Nadine, and her sister are all trapped together in the home, and in their gender. The cycle perpetuates itself as the home keeps them tethered to their gender, and vice versa. The house is extremely full of people - containing Fareeda, Khaled, Adam, Isra, Deya, Nora, Layla, Amal, Omar, Nadine, Nadine’s children, Ali, and Sarah.

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A Woman Is No Man, BookRags