The study aims to analyze the patriarchal system, the patriarchal oppression towards female  characters, and women's resistance to this patriarchal oppression in selected novels by Miral Al  Tahawi namely The Tent, Blue Aubergine, Gazelle Tracks, and Brooklyn Heights. Radical feminism  theory is used to analyze the selected texts as it considers patriarchy as the main root of women's  oppression. The objectives of the research shed light on the oppressive patriarchal authority that  uses its power to oppress Bedouin women, the types of oppression that Bedouin women are subjected  to by the norms of oppressive patriarchal system, and the way Bedouin women resist patriarchal  oppression. The study finds that, despite the strict Bedouin patriarchal system which imposes its  oppressive rules on women, the Bedouin women try to release these restrictions in several ways.  AI-Tahawi manages to provide a sense of identity for the female characters to free them from the  opp.....

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