Israeli officials have long denied that rape was used as an instrument of war against Palestinians. Most of the files relating to the expulsion of Palestinians during the Nakba in 1948 and its aftermath remain sealed in Israeli archives and have been reclassified as top secret. Palestinian oral narratives have long been considered a poor alternative to historical research based on archives or written texts. In addition, some of the narrative in many instances was driven by ideology that favoured the male voice, resulting in the silencing of Palestinian female voices. Hence, Palestinian stories were either the official narrative or stories told by their menfolk. Oral histories or testimonies by women were often missing, not only in the collective narrative but also in stories told through first-hand experiences of the Palestinian Nakba in 1948. Of late, suppressed accounts by women who witnessed the Nakba and its aftermath have emerged. My essay analyzes two fictionalized historical novels that are not only grounded in actual events but also depict incidents of rape, a subject that has long been silenced in Palestinian and Israeli narratives on the Nakba. The novels present accounts of two female villagers who survive the ordeal of displacement, exile, and rape to tell their stories. The Blue Between Sky and Water by Susan Abulhawa is a story of survival of a peasant family from the village of Beit Daras, while The Woman from Tantoura by Radwa Ashour tells the story of the aftermath of the 1948 massacre of Tantoura.

以色列官员长期以来一直否认强奸被用作针对巴勒斯坦人的战争工具。大多数与 1948 年大灾难期间驱逐巴勒斯坦人及其后果有关的文件仍然密封在以色列档案中，并已被重新列为最高机密。长期以来，巴勒斯坦人的口头叙述一直被认为是基于档案或书面文本的历史研究的糟糕替代方案。此外，在许多情况下，一些叙述是由偏爱男性声音的意识形态驱动的，导致巴勒斯坦女性声音的沉默。因此，巴勒斯坦的故事要么是官方的叙述，要么是他们的男人讲述的故事。妇女的口述历史或证词经常缺失，不仅在集体叙述中，而且在通过 1948 年巴勒斯坦大灾难的第一手经历讲述的故事中。最近，目睹了大灾难及其后果的女性被压制的说法已经出现。我的文章分析了两部虚构的历史小说，它们不仅以真实事件为基础，而且还描​​述了强奸事件，这是一个长期以来在巴勒斯坦和以色列关于大灾难的叙述中被沉默的主题。小说讲述了两名在流离失所、流放和强奸的折磨中幸存下来的女村民讲述她们的故事。苏珊·阿布哈瓦（Susan Abulhawa）的《天与水之间的蓝色》讲述了贝特达拉斯村一个农民家庭的生存故事，而拉德瓦·阿舒尔（Radwa Ashour）的《坦图拉的女人》则讲述了 1948 年坦图拉大屠杀的后果。我的文章分析了两部虚构的历史小说，它们不仅以真实事件为基础，而且还描​​述了强奸事件，这是一个长期以来在巴勒斯坦和以色列关于大灾难的叙述中被沉默的主题。小说讲述了两名在流离失所、流放和强奸的折磨中幸存下来的女村民讲述她们的故事。苏珊·阿布哈瓦（Susan Abulhawa）的《天与水之间的蓝色》讲述了贝特达拉斯村一个农民家庭的生存故事，而拉德瓦·阿舒尔（Radwa Ashour）的《坦图拉的女人》则讲述了 1948 年坦图拉大屠杀的后果。我的文章分析了两部虚构的历史小说，它们不仅以真实事件为基础，而且还描​​述了强奸事件，这是一个长期以来在巴勒斯坦和以色列关于大灾难的叙述中被沉默的主题。小说讲述了两名在流离失所、流放和强奸的折磨中幸存下来的女村民讲述她们的故事。苏珊·阿布哈瓦（Susan Abulhawa）的《天与水之间的蓝色》讲述了贝特达拉斯村一个农民家庭的生存故事，而拉德瓦·阿舒尔（Radwa Ashour）的《坦图拉的女人》则讲述了 1948 年坦图拉大屠杀的后果。