The dilemma facing the Arab American female
In Arabian Jazz, Abu-Jaber offers a solution for the dilemma facing the Arab American female. The novel places an Arab American woman in such a position that she can view both cultures and criticize them. She is not defiant or suspicious of the dominating culture. This is so because she was not directly victimized by colonialism (Pickens, Ther, 217). She has also experienced patriarchal oppression […]