‘Najwa should be pitied rather than condemned.’ Do you agree?

Question 1

Contention

Answer 1

Najwa should be applauded for her boldness and courage that women in a patriarchal society should not need to take.

Question 2

Body Paragraphs

Answer 2

1. Najwa with Faraj
2. Najwa with Suleiman
3. Najwa’s addictiom

Question 3

BP1 Najwa with Faraj:

Answer 3

Begging for Faraj “he’s innocent… Bu Suleiman has always been devoted”
Najwa covering mirror “I found the mirror above the washbasin covered with a white bed sheet”
Najwa and Faraj scenes in bed - “She lay beneath him, unmoving, looking away.”

Question 4

BP2 Najwa with Suleiman :

Answer 4

“she sent me away against her husband’s reservations and her only sons plea”
“She keeps truths and she does it only for your own good”
“unveiled”

Question 5

BP3 Najwa’s addiction:

Answer 5

Najwa addiction - does it enslave her? Najwa leaves gas on “Mama is ill again”. “She had left the gas on”, “What’s this smell, did you leave the gas on in the kitchen, Slooma?”
Najwa Marriage ‘black day’ - “Betrayal was a hand squeezing my throat”