Women's Charter

Women’s Charter About the book Bound by fear and helplessness, Amal Bounmar lives a conservative rural life in her Druze village in Mount Lebanon, where many questions of life escape into religion and isolation. The father, who belongs to the Shaykh class and works as a blacksmith, holds his authority over the family with a hammer to shape the future of his four daughters in a way that fits his limited world. The religious commitment of Amal’s parents is an obstacle to Amal’s enrollment at the American University in Beirut. In this atmosphere, Amal makes her big deal to escape through marriage to Salem, one of the wealthy Druze. Will Salem fulfill his promise? Or will Amal fight a new battle to achieve her dream? This novel is an attempt to delve into contemporary Druze society and analyze it socially, religiously, and mythologically. It is a novel about freedom in its broadest sense, about motherhood as a burden and an opportunity, and about love that transcends geographical, religious, and cultural boundaries.