Journal of Languages and Translation
Volume 6, Numéro 1, Pages 296-303
2026-01-01
Arab Women’s Trauma And Oppression In Arab Anglophone Literature: Fadia Faqir’s Pillars Of Salt
Authors : Hadj Henni Siham .
Abstract
The present study examines how women are oppressed and traumatized by both their patriarchal society and the British Mandate (colonialism), in Jordan, in Arab Anglophone literature: Fadia Faqir’s Pillars of Salt. It explores how oppression and trauma affected their lives and led them to madness. In this vein, the paper shows how Colonialism or the British Mandate has a hand in creating domestic conflicts among members of the Bedouin community and even of one family. It also undertakes the social constraints and cultural barriers that oppressed women and ranked them in a very inferior position to men. Thus, this paper highlights how the two ladies, protagonists, ended up in a mental hospital, oppressed even by their doctor, after a long journey and struggle against patriarchy. And how they were sharing their experiences despite the fact they were from different backgrounds and even different social classes, one Bedouin and the other Urban. Finally, it sheds light on the way Fadia Faqir utilizes Arabic Narrative Techniques and arabizes the language of the novel in dramatizing the traumatic consequences of oppression on Maha and Um Saad.
Keywords
Arab Women ; Bedouin community ; Colonialism ; Oppression ; Patriarchal society
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