In addition, it is often a joke in many cultures that women are "crazy" by nature, but are expected not to act as such. Americans now pathologize everything, but mental health issues still aren't really understood or treated with respect.
In fact, most really don't understand this.
You won't understand Zahra if you don't understand suffering from PTSD, depression, and anxiety. In a sense it reminded me of a modern version of "The Yellow Wallpaper", a story of a woman driven to madness due to being forced to stay in a room by her husband after having a baby. This book deals with so many issues I don't know where to begin. "This rich tale mesmerizes with its frank sexuality and scenes of war-torn Beirut."- "Publishers Weekly." Its haunting story of a young Lebanese woman who attempts to stem the violence in Beirut by initiating a sexual liaison with a sniper has "lifted the corner of a dark curtain" ( "Sunday Telegraph" ) from a world that fascinates us all." "The Story Of Zahra" is a classic by any standards."- "Village Voice Literary Supplement." The paperback publication of "Zahra" will bring this passionate and courageous novel to a much larger group of readers. With more than 21,000 copies in print of "Women Of Sand And Myrrh," and more than 15,000 copies of "The Story Of Zahra," Hanan al-Shaykh is the best known and most admired woman writer of the Arab world. Banned in several Middle Eastern countries since its original publication, The Story of Zahra is an intoxicating, provocative story of a young woman’s coming of age in a city torn apart by war. Back in Beirut, love finally comes to her, but with terrible consequences. Fleeing from Beirut in search of solace, Zahra stays with her uncle in West Africa-and then uses marriage as another kind of escape. Zahra’s mother uses her as a cover for her meetings with a lover Zahra’s strict father mistreats her for being complicit in her mother’s affair.
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