Noor is a woman whom Tunde meets during his reporting in Riyadh during the women’s riots. She takes him around Riyadh, showing him how the women have become newly liberated by the power. The two also have sex during his time in Riyadh. Noor uses her power on him while they have sex, and though it hurts, it also arouses him—showing the gender role reversal of how lust, sex, and pain have all become tangled together for men.
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Noor Character Timeline in The Power
The timeline below shows where the character Noor appears in The Power. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 9: Tunde
...with them. He shows them that he is not carrying weapons. One of the women, Noor, insists that he take off his clothes to show them, laughing. He obliges, easygoing. Noor...
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...he shouts for joy, whooping with the others among the flames.” Tunde also watches as Noor wakes up the power in an older woman, who cries tears of joy. Women liberate...
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Near dawn, Noor leads Tunde to a friend’s empty apartment. She starts to undress him. They each admit...
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