Screams of Yemeni women written in novel

The second novel by the female Yemeni writer Dr. Nadiah al-Kokabany has been released under the title of Aqeelat. This title explains the miserable status of Yemeni women in one word, by gathering the two Arabic meanings of this word; the first one is “Aaqelah” which means “the good woman who shuts her mouth” and the second word “Aqilah” which means “the kind of wife who doesn’t leave her house and hides from men”. In her new novel, al-Kokabany tells the stories of 19 Yemeni women; all wives, daughters, or sisters with different problems; all of which have done similar things to deal with problems by being silent behind closed doors.

In addition to the new techniques al-Kokabany used in writing these women’s stories, she added to her novel some poems and thoughts by other female Yemeni poets before each story. In those nineteen stories, the readers read not only the nineteen women’s tragedies, but they are also taken through their daughters, sisters and sometimes mothers stories, too.

Through the stories al-Kokabany reveals the darkest secrets of not only Yemeni women, but the whole society as well. She discusses silent

 

issues in society like family  relationships, the education system, corruption of the people in charge,etc.
 

In the dedication of the novel, al-Kokabany said that this novel is for all the women that are tired of their bitter lives.
 

For each Yemeni wife sitting silently at her house, for each young girl who is forced to marry, for each sister who had to kill her ambition, and for all Yemeni women; from your sadness, screams, and tears al-Kokabany wrote this novel.

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