Post 9/11 Afghan Women: A Comparative Study Of Khaled Hosseini And Atique Rahimi’s Writings

Afghanistan is a country that has been facing war for about 40 years. Women and children have always been the victims of this war and its spoils. In their narratives, both the novelists Khaled Hosseini and Atique Rahimi present a subjective vision of post 9/11 Afghan women and thereby attempt to awa...

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Main Authors: Anwar, Saima, Fida, Sadia
Other Authors: Kadir, Nadhrah A
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: School of Social Sciences, USM 2017
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description Afghanistan is a country that has been facing war for about 40 years. Women and children have always been the victims of this war and its spoils. In their narratives, both the novelists Khaled Hosseini and Atique Rahimi present a subjective vision of post 9/11 Afghan women and thereby attempt to awaken the world to the plight of deprived women in Afghanistan. In this qualitative research, Catherine Belsey’s theory of Expressive realism has been applied on Khaled Hosseini and Atique Rahimi’s works to find out the answer of the question: What was the condition of Afghan women in Pre- Taliban and Post-Taliban eras as portrayed in the selected novels of the selected writers Khaled Hosseini and Atique Rahimi ?The aim of the research is to explore whether women are oppressed in Afghan society or not, and whether the incident of 9/11 and US bombing of Afghanistan improved the miserable predicament of Afghan women or not. The research would be helpful to locate the social position of women in Afghan society under the rule of Taliban and then finally in post 9/11 Afghanistan.
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spelling usm-412292018-08-02T01:19:50Z http://eprints.usm.my/41229/ Post 9/11 Afghan Women: A Comparative Study Of Khaled Hosseini And Atique Rahimi’s Writings Anwar, Saima Fida, Sadia H1-99 Social sciences (General) Afghanistan is a country that has been facing war for about 40 years. Women and children have always been the victims of this war and its spoils. In their narratives, both the novelists Khaled Hosseini and Atique Rahimi present a subjective vision of post 9/11 Afghan women and thereby attempt to awaken the world to the plight of deprived women in Afghanistan. In this qualitative research, Catherine Belsey’s theory of Expressive realism has been applied on Khaled Hosseini and Atique Rahimi’s works to find out the answer of the question: What was the condition of Afghan women in Pre- Taliban and Post-Taliban eras as portrayed in the selected novels of the selected writers Khaled Hosseini and Atique Rahimi ?The aim of the research is to explore whether women are oppressed in Afghan society or not, and whether the incident of 9/11 and US bombing of Afghanistan improved the miserable predicament of Afghan women or not. The research would be helpful to locate the social position of women in Afghan society under the rule of Taliban and then finally in post 9/11 Afghanistan. School of Social Sciences, USM Kadir, Nadhrah A Rahmat, Siti Rahyla Mohd, Azmil Tayeb Mohd, Saidatulakmal 2017 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/41229/1/ART_110.pdf Anwar, Saima and Fida, Sadia (2017) Post 9/11 Afghan Women: A Comparative Study Of Khaled Hosseini And Atique Rahimi’s Writings. In: Social Sciences Postgraduate International Seminar (SSPIS) 2017. School of Social Sciences, USM, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, pp. 805-809. ISBN 9789671544013 http://www.sspis.usm.my
spellingShingle H1-99 Social sciences (General)
Anwar, Saima
Fida, Sadia
Post 9/11 Afghan Women: A Comparative Study Of Khaled Hosseini And Atique Rahimi’s Writings
title Post 9/11 Afghan Women: A Comparative Study Of Khaled Hosseini And Atique Rahimi’s Writings
title_full Post 9/11 Afghan Women: A Comparative Study Of Khaled Hosseini And Atique Rahimi’s Writings
title_fullStr Post 9/11 Afghan Women: A Comparative Study Of Khaled Hosseini And Atique Rahimi’s Writings
title_full_unstemmed Post 9/11 Afghan Women: A Comparative Study Of Khaled Hosseini And Atique Rahimi’s Writings
title_short Post 9/11 Afghan Women: A Comparative Study Of Khaled Hosseini And Atique Rahimi’s Writings
title_sort post 9/11 afghan women: a comparative study of khaled hosseini and atique rahimi’s writings
topic H1-99 Social sciences (General)
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