Hamama

Award-Winning Author Sarit Gradwohl Releases English Translation of Her Debut Novel Hamama; An Overlooked Piece of Jewish History is Illuminated Through Unexpected Eyes

Hamama is the memoir of a spirited girl fighting to find her place in 1930s Yemen. She is a girl in a patriarchal world, a Jew in a Muslim country, and later a religious non-white in the secular, Ashkenazi land of Israel. With her wisdom and determination, Hamama paves her own way from one village to another, finds true love in an unexpected place, and immigrates to the land of Israel, where challenges are not scarce. - July 22, 2019