Amal Elsana Alh'jooj
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From ![]() A Face Like a Full MoonFrom: Hope is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj discusses her mother, Ummi, a Bedouin woman in an Israeli hospital. Set within the Bedouin communities of Israel, the narrative examines the weight of patriarchal … | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 11 | 2024 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() A Free Woman has Nothing to FearFrom: Hope is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj centres on Jidatee, her grandmother whose wisdom embodied the Arabic principle that a free woman has nothing to fear. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 5 | 2024 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() A Lesson in PoliticsFrom: Hope is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj describes how she challenged the suppression of Palestinian identity in her school during the Oslo peace process. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 6 | 2024 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() A New Horizon: AJEECFrom: Hope is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj traces the birth of AJEEC, an Arab-Jewish organisation for equality and partnership, founded in the aftermath of the second intifada when conventional coexistence … | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 4 | 2024 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() A Tent, a Saj and a DonkeyFrom: Hope is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj traces Ummi’s struggle against her mother-in-law, Jidatee, in the Bedouin village of Tel Arad. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 4 | 2024 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() A Woman After AllFrom: Hope is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj describes her experiences in the Bedouin village of Laqiya, Naqab, during the 1980s, as Israeli authorities escalate repression and the community protests the … | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() A Woman’s NameFrom: Hope is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj describes her experiences after having to give up schooling to support her family. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 12 | 2024 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() Abouee’s StoryFrom: Hope is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj discusses her father, Abouee, as he recounts life within a Bedouin tribe in Laqiya, Palestine, during the British Mandate era or early statehood period. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 4 | 2024 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() Aisha’s TentFrom: Hope is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj discusses how she organized a Friday evening literacy program for Bedouin women in Umm Bateen, Israel’s Negev region. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 7 | 2024 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() Allah Protect All MuslimsFrom: Hope is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj traces the evolving bond between her and her mother, Ummi. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 5 | 2024 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() Between Bombs and RocketsFrom: Hope is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj recounts a Bedouin woman’s experience during the December 2008 war on Gaza, set in Beer a-Saba. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 4 | 2024 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() Birthing HopeFrom: Hope is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj describes the events following the C-section delivery of twins, Moad and Adan, at a hospital where she had worked as a social worker for Bedouin children. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 2 | 2024 | $0.20 Add |
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From ![]() Competing from Behind the Starting LineFrom: Hope is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj describes her experiences navigating educational inequality, a dramatic snake encounter at her family’s barley mill in Beer a-Saba, and the rejection of her … | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 5 | 2024 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() Confiscating Women’s VoicesFrom: Hope is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj traces the founding of Ma’an in 2002 and the 2005 Laqiya village election, where the author confronted a scheme in which men controlled women’s votes … | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 2 | 2024 | $0.20 Add |
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From ![]() Cover Up to Be ExposedFrom: Hope is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj discusses her experiences with headscarfs, stalking, and family advice. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 5 | 2024 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() Crossing the OceanFrom: Hope is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj traces her experiences after her marriage to Anwar, enrolling in a master’s programme in social work at McGill University, and building bonds across ethnic … | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 5 | 2024 | $0.50 Add |




