Home as Love: Transcending Positionality in Leila Aboulela’s <i>The Translator</i>

Contrary to hegemonic Western representations of Muslim women as victims of Islam and Muslim men, Sudanese-Scottish Leila Aboulela&#8217;s <i>The Translator</i> depicts a Muslim woman, Sammar, whose sense of home and belonging is predicated on her romantic love for her late cousin an...

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Main Author: Ghadir K. Zannoun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-04-01
Series:Humanities
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/8/2/72