Menopausal Palestine: Women at the Edge

For 40 years, from the 1967 war till Hamas' victory in 2006, the women in this book shared a past with unfulfilled dreams and aspirations. With that victory, however, they now mourn the loss of a diverse Arab culture. One of secularism and pluralism, and their replacement by what Amiry calls 'local nationalism' and 'global religious fundamentalism.'