Her first novel, A Woman Is No Man, was released by HarperCollins on March 5. After finishing her degrees, Rum continued her studies, eventually completing a master’s in American and British literature. Still, ambition held sway, so she pursued a college education, majoring in philosophy and English. Instead, she was expected to marry young, have children, and live as generations of women before her had lived - confined to a domestic tableau that afforded little to no interaction with the diverse outside world.įor a while, Rum complied, entering into an arranged marriage at age 19 and having two children within three years. But as the oldest of nine children born to Palestinian immigrant parents, she quickly learned that this was not what her family or community wanted. WHEN ETAF RUM was growing up in Brooklyn, New York, she dreamed of becoming a lawyer.
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