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Lost in non-translation: politics of misrepresenting Arabs / Gomaa, Sally; Raymond, Chad   Journal Article
Raymond, Chad Journal Article
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Publication 2014.
Summary/Abstract Undergraduate college student in the USA often encounter the Arab Middle East through novels translated into English. These novels are often presented by instructors and understood by students as stylized but accurate depictions of Arab societies as they currently exist. This article argues that the extremely limited number of translated Arabic novels that have made their way into American classrooms perpetuate stereotypes about Arab societies. These novels present student with themes that are often a historical and infused with violence, misogyny, and religious fanaticism. Although students may be highly interested in learning about Arab societies, the literary content they come across encourages affective rather than critical or complex responses.
Key Words Women  Literature  Six Day War  Arab  Masculinity  Arab Society 
Translation  Novel  Arabic Novel  Indian Politics - 1921-1971 
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Uses of geography in Youssef Ziedan’s Azazeel / Gomaa, Sally   Journal Article
Gomaa, Sally Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract : Youssef Ziedan’s controversial novel Azazeel follows an anonymous narrator’s journey from Upper Egypt to Aleppo during the first half of the fifth-century AD. This article argues that descriptions of landscape enable the narrator to articulate personal and historical crises otherwise censored or repressed. By incorporating geographical features into his identity, the narrator creates a poetic version of himself free from the hegemony of the dominant religious discourse. The search for a free, private space shapes the novel’s aesthetic as well as political concerns. Overall, Azazeel is an important novel because of its literary value, its denouncement of geopolitical definitions of God, and its ability to place the history of religious violence in Egypt within the global context
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