Woman is not a man. Ram I.

eighteen-year-old Deaa Raad lives in New York-“City of Unlimited Opportunities”. But she has neither a mobile phone, no computer, nor friends.

from home, she can only go to school and the nearest store - Arab girls should behave according to traditions, even if they were born and grew up in America. Their main decoration is modesty, their fate is an early marriage, serving her husband, raising children.

Although Deaa dreams of entering the university, her strict grandparents insist on immediately marriage. The girl understands that she has to repeat the fate of her mother, who once, without asking, was given married and sent from Palestine to America. But once Deia receives a letter that will give her a chance to decide what her future life will be.

Itaf Ram was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, in the family of Palestinian immigrants, in which she is the eldest of the nine children. Received a master of the humanities (American and British literature) at the University of North Carolina, where he teaches English and literature. Raises two children. "Woman is not a man" - her first book.