Bearing witness in Palestinian resistance literature

Hamdi, Tahrir

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“…Riley 2000, 187), and he continues, "Palestine is something worthy of a man bearing arms for, dying for" (187). This argument recalls Hamdi (2011) in her approach to urge resistance, and therefore, bring forth a future fulfilment. The concept of "bearing witness" is what…”

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The Role of the Arab "Intellectual" and Power Relations in the Translation of Aid ila Haifa and Rabi' Harr

2023

JJMLL

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As the twentieth century turned into the twenty-first century, counter discourses emerged to challenge orientalism, colonialism, postcolonialism, capitalism, and globalization in cultural studies. Frequently bound up with culture and politics, the Arab “intellectual” effectively criticizes issues important to the Arab world. Drawing on this viewpoint, this paper examines the intellectual’s social and political role in Ghassan Kanafani’s Aid ila Haifa, translated into English as Returning to Haifa (2000) by Karen Riley, and Sahar Khalifeh’s Rabi' Harr, translated into English as The End of Spring (2008) by Paula Haydar. Edward Said’s ideas about the “intellectual”, “secular criticism”, “origins and beginnings” are the framework used to understand the intellectual’s role in writing-as-action and calling for necessary change. Whenever there is intellectuality, there are power relations entrenched in language. Insofar as the two Arabic originals are read in translation as well, and due to the rise of the cultural turn in translation studies, this paper, correspondingly, considers choices/contributions made by the translators that serve to align the “intellectual” with his/her orientation in the English versions, thus actively exercising a sort of language power that responds to the dominant discourse. The paper reveals that foreignization in the form of literalness, hybridity, and cultural mediation serve the “intellectual” in the translation culture. Keywords: The Intellectual, Origin and Beginning, Secular Criticism, Cultural Turn in Translation, Power Relations in Translation.

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Section: The Cultural Turn In Translationmentioning

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The Role of the Arab "Intellectual" and Power Relations in the Translation of Aid ila Haifa and Rabi' Harr

2023

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“…According to Hamdi (2011), the act of "bearing witness" can be considered a literary subgenre since it reflects what has been suppressed by the dominant narrative of society's more powerful group. This narrative style resurrects the tragedy's past and calls attention to the core causes of the civil war.…”

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Palestinian Woman’s Identity Shift from Implicit-Being to Explicit-Becoming: A Review of Susan Abulhawa’s Against the Loveless World

Bibi

Rashid²,

Khudai

2022

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Susan Abulhawa takes the concept of Palestinian Woman’s Identity Shift on account of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and experiences of homelessness. Her novel, Against the Loveless World, has been selected for this study. The present study on account of being qualitative in nature has been thematically analyzed in the light of Stuart Hall theory of representation (1997). In the light of analyzed data, we find that Palestinians are transported from their ancestral lands to refugee camps without crossing international borders. Characters of the novel Against the Loveless World demonstrate how difficult it is to tackle all these issues and build a Palestinian identity while living in exile. Palestinians' exile boosted their sense of national identity by developing strong bonds among refugees and strong anti-Israeli sentiment. The protagonist fought for love and belonging in a world that wanted to give her nothing. Nahr’s life unfolds in unexpected directions like imperialism, invasion, occupation, and colonialism; racism, sexism, psychological diseases, and class are the context of her life. On the brink of poverty and shouldering the responsibility to keep her family afloat, Nahr struggled for everything she could do to ensure her survival. She suffers much. She survives. Nahr is willing to face dangers, and she proves the gritty realness of women’s trek toward feminist defiance and individual dignity. Nahr is determined to find love in a loveless world, a ray of hope for others. This is a woman's journey from Being nothing to becoming something, being a victim and traumatized character to becoming powerful and determined to survive and constructing an individual identity in a loveless world. It vindicates the significant process of identity shift taking place in Palestinian fiction.

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“…The author explains that the article "argues that the gender is intrinsic to the narratives established in theses novels, and that in them new forms of masculinity are constructed in relation to national loss and national restoration. Finally, the study about Palestinian's resistance in literature and arts is presented by Hamdi (2011) through his article entitled Bearing Witness in Palestinian Resistance Literature. In this article the author examines some Palestinian writers and how they used the theme of resistance in their works.…”

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Resistance in Postcolonial Literature with Reference to Sahar Khalifeh’s Wild Thorns

Mahmoud

2019

IJLLS

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This study presents a theoretical and practical framework of resistance as a concept of postcolonial criticism. It describes different types of resistance as presented in Sahar Khalifeh’s novel Wild Thorns. A historical approach is adapted to trace ‘resistance Literature’ throughout the postcolonial criticism. The main aim here is to highlight the theme of resistance against the colonial structure from the point of view of a Palestinian novelist. The application of the analytic descriptive approach intends to analyze the theme of resistance at this colonial period from different points of view. The theme of resistance is tackled from a sociological and cultural point of view. The ideology of both the colonized and the colonizer is revealed throughout this critical analysis.

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Bearing witness in Palestinian resistance literature

Cited by 18 publications

References 7 publications

The Role of the Arab "Intellectual" and Power Relations in the Translation of Aid ila Haifa and Rabi' Harr

The Role of the Arab "Intellectual" and Power Relations in the Translation of Aid ila Haifa and Rabi' Harr

Palestinian Woman’s Identity Shift from Implicit-Being to Explicit-Becoming: A Review of Susan Abulhawa’s Against the Loveless World

Resistance in Postcolonial Literature with Reference to Sahar Khalifeh’s Wild Thorns

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