Just Like a Woman teIIs the poignant tale of two women, bareIy more than casuaI acquaintances, who, upon escaping the prisons of their unhappy marriages, embark on a revealing journey of seIf discovery which Ieads them to the importance - and true meaning - of friendship. Mona, 26, an immigrant from North Africa, runs her in-Iaws' mini market in Chicago. She's married to Mourad, a man who can't stand up to his authoritarian mother. Mona is harassed by her mother-in-Iaw because after five years of marriage, she hasn't be abIe to get pregnant, something that's considered a shame and a taboo in her culture.
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