مجلة هيرودوت للعلوم الإنسانية والاجتماعية
Volume 9, Numéro 5, Pages 264-280
2025-12-20
Declining Neo-colonialism And Peace Accord Attempts Between The East And The West Through A Contemporary Reading Of Amel Dungul’s Translated Poem ‘do Not Reconcile’ (1970)
Authors : Osamnia Soumia .
Abstract
Deeply invested in challenging the legacies of colonialism and the destruction of Western epistemological dominance, postcolonial writers and poets have transformed literary aesthetics into powerful vehicles of political resonance. Among such figures is the Egyptian poet Dunqul whose poem Do Not Reconcile stands as a poignant refusal of reconciliation in the face of historical injustice. Though under recognized and rarely translated in Western literary discourse, the poem has been resurrected in contemporary political contexts like the uprisings of the Arab springs, the second Palestinian intifada and peace accords with Israel. In the midst of these political upheavals, Dungul's poetry found its way into street graffiti, discussion circles, and quotes on social media. Accordingly, this paper seeks to illuminate the enduring political force of Do Not Reconcile, examining how resistance poetry can foreground the brutal realities of colonization and state violence in a global landscape where militarized power fr
Keywords
neocolonialsim ; peace accord attempts ; poetry of resistance ; reconciliation
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