Aleph
Volume 13, Numéro 1, Pages 387-411
2026-02-01
Racialization, Linguistic Exile And Hybrid Identity In Leïla Sebbar’s Arabic As A Secret Song And Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha Of Suburbia
Authors : Khelif Cherifa . Hadjoui Ghouti .
Abstract
This article provides a thought-provoking comparative analysis of Leïla Sebbar’s Arabic as a Secret Song and Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia, in which both authors delve into a myriad of complex themes, notably highlighting issues that revolve around racism and alienation in the context of a complex colonial past shared between Algeria and France on the one hand, and Britain, India and Pakistan. With a huge attention to details and a sensitive description of characters, places, and memories, Sebbar and Kureishi offer unique perspectives on the experiences of Algerians and Asians of mixed origins like themselves, and shed light on a number of themes that include racial conflicts, class clashes, besides cultural and linguistic exile to highlight the struggles that make the emergence of an identity crisis inevitable. The study of Karima Lazali on the traumatic psychological and political consequences of colonialism will be a key reference in analysing the identity struggles experienced by the major characters of the selected works.
Keywords
Comparative analysis ; Leïla Sebbar ; Hanif Kureishi ; Identity ; Identity crises ; Racism ; Alienation ; Class clashes ; Linguistic exile ; Karima Lazali
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