Born in Saudia Arabia, growing up in the USA while living at home with constant reminders of her duties to prepare to become the perfect Sudanese housewife, Najla turns the confusions of all these experiences and mixed cultural messages into a unique voice in poetry and short stories. Now living in Sudan she poses serious questions on the future of women as they are pulled in two opposite directions between modernity and self-fulfilment and submission to a conventionality that is no longer relevant to their lives.
- Category
- Social
Be the first to comment