“I want you to be a formidable wolf like your father”: Gender dynamics and desert modernity in contemporary Khaleeji fiction

AbstractThis study examines novels by two contemporary Khaleeji authors and their engagement with desert modernity. Their works challenge the romanticization of the desert in modern Arabic literature as a pre-modern space defined and dominated by men. Examining Amal al-Fārān’s Ghawwāṣū al-aḥqāf [The...

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Main Authors: Abdulrahman Al Farhan, Raya Al Raddadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-12-01
Series:Cogent Arts & Humanities
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2023.2270801