The muslim "who has faith" in Leila Aboulela's novels Minaret (2005) and Lyrics Alley (2009)

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dc.contributor.authorHunter, Eva
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-23T10:39:16Z
dc.date.available2015-02-23T10:39:16Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis essay analyses Leila Aboulela's narrative techniques when depicting a Muslim �who has faith� in her two most recent novels. In Minaret she presents religion as a source of strength for her female narrator-protagonist but also suggests that Muslim women of faith should adopt a quietist retreat from public life in order to nourish their spiritual life. In Lyrics Alley, by contrast, the male Muslim �who has faith� represents superiority in spirituality and intellectual accomplishment as well as knowledge of the orthodox form of Islam. While Aboulela may be reacting to the kind of journalism in the British media that portrays distorted facts about Muslims and links Islam with violence, the form of her religion that she advocates is not modulated by her life in Britain. She misunderstands British culture and does not present understanding of the long-standing forces behind the recent eruptions in Arab states, in which women have figured.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved listen_US
dc.identifier.citationHunter, E. (2013). The muslim "who has faith" in Leila Aboulela's novels Minaret (2005) and Lyrics Alley (2009). Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa, 25 (1): 88-99en_US
dc.identifier.issn1013-929X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/1354
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1013929X.2013.795761
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectAboulelaen_US
dc.subjectIslamen_US
dc.subjectPietismen_US
dc.subjectUnited Kingdomen_US
dc.subjectSudanen_US
dc.titleThe muslim "who has faith" in Leila Aboulela's novels Minaret (2005) and Lyrics Alley (2009)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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