This paper traces the differing experiences of a female protagonist in voicing herself as a white colonizer in the land of the colonized in two contexts: her relationship with the white male colonizer, and that with the colonized native. The protagonist’s marginalization by the white colonizer, on the one hand, and the colonized native man on the other, does not merely reduce her white supremacy to inferiority, but rather becomes the main reason for the protagonist's sociological confusion, ultimately resulting in her mental illness, which will be argued as a mode of resistance against those patriarchally hierarchized representations. This theme will be tackled in the character of Magda in John Maxwell Coetzee’s In the Heart of the Country (1977). The selected literary work will be examined through a postcolonial feminist lens, through which gendered hierarchical structures will be explored, and madness will be employed as a possible means for female empowerment.

The media coverage of international events is often shaped by major actors who express their personal ideologies in the news stories they present. The ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians since the mid-20 th century has sparked global media attention. Several studies have explored the crucial role of translation during the news coverage of this conflict. One recent development is Trump's peace plan, termed as 'the deal of the century', announced on 28 January 2020. It was received amidst much controversy that polarized the international community into supporters and detractors. Nevertheless, few studies have examined the media channels' representations of this plan despite the topic's sensitivity. This research article examines the media's depiction of the announcement of Trump's peace plan. It attempts to answer the question of how Trump's peace plan is narrated through different media channels to be transmitted to target audiences. Given the conflict's sensitivity, it is necessary to examine the way this plan has been represented in the media using a powerful, simultaneously flexible framework that captures the complexities of the interaction between various powers that are involved in this conflict. Mona Baker's narrative theory offers such a framework that is particularly appropriate for the current study. The analysis reveals that the BBC English source texts raise doubts about the plausibility and success of Trump's peace plan while the target text goes further by considering the peace plan as a failure since its initial proposal. Translators of the target texts used omissions, additions, lexical variations, and substitutions to frame narratives that are absent in the source texts. The Arabic text constantly describes the plan as a 'deal', demonstrating sympathy with Palestinians and suggesting that the proposed plan manipulates Palestinians' lives and denies them the right to decide their destiny.