{"product_id":"gulf","title":"Gulf","description":"\u003cb\u003eTold through a prism of female voices, this cinematic debut follows five women with vastly different origins--from the Philippines to Ethiopia to New York City--whose lives bring them to the Arabian Gulf, where they collide with devastating and profound consequences.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDounia, a young Saudi mother, finds herself alienated in a desolate, post-weather, air-conditioned modernist box and decides to rebel against all forms of domesticity. Flora, a Filipina domestic worker haunted by the flood that claimed her infant's life, navigates the perils of her boss's insurrection. Zeinah, a Syrian woman, seeks love within the confines of her arranged marriage to a jihadist and finds herself joining the female morality police. Justine, a white American curator, reckons with her own violence and ethical limitations when her life intersects with Eskedare, a spirited and defiant Ethiopian teenager whose dreams have dead-ended in the Gulf. Bold moves unlock vital consequences, each woman's journey con-fronting us with our own capacity for cruelty, rebellion, resilience--and hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with unsettling intimacy and determined empathy, \u003ci\u003eGulf\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the stark realities of what happens when a woman's agency is stripped away and asks how far we will go in order to survive.","brand":"Mo Ogrodnik","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46355196969196,"sku":"9781668072141","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781668072141.jpg?v=1744301129","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/gulf","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}