Birds of Feathers may not Flock Together: Avian Imageries in Contemporary Arab Diasporic Novels

The purpose of this paper is to examine how birds and avian metaphors are used by Arab writers in diaspora to reflect themes of exile, displacement and dispersion. In particular, in Inaam Kachachi’s The Dispersal (2023) and Walid Nabhan’s Exodus of the Storks (2021) birds and avian images are themat...

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Published in:	IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship
Main Authors:	Nour Kailani, UNRWA, Yousef Abu Amrieh
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The International Academic Forum 2024-08-01
Subjects:	arab diasporic literature avian imagery birds book covers intersemiotic translation
Online Access:	https://iafor.org/journal/iafor-journal-of-literature-and-librarianship/volume-13-issue-1/article-7/