Negotiating Muslim women’s rights and identity in American diaspora space: an Islamic feminist study of Kahf’s the girl in the tangerine scarf

• Main Authors: Sulaiman, Suraiya, Quayum, Mohammad Abdul, Abdul Manaf, Nor Faridah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: USM Press 2018
• Subjects: PE English; PI Oriental languages and literatures; PN Literature (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/63522/1/Kemanusian%20article.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/63522/7/63522_Negotiating%20muslim%20women%E2%80%99s%20rights%20and%20identity%20in%20American%20diaspora%20space_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/63522/; http://web.usm.my/kajh/vol25_1_2018.html

This paper addresses the narrative of a Muslim woman who struggles to negotiate her rights, identity and sense of belonging in an American diaspora space. Despite the difficulties and obstacles of being regarded as an “other” in her adopted homeland, Khadra Shamy, the protagonist in Mohja Kahf’s Th...