10Nov 2017

HYBRIDIZED ARABS IN DIASPORA: A CULTURAL READING OF DINARZADS CHILDREN.

  • Assistant Professor of English Literature at Faculty of Languages and Translation King Khalid University Abha.
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Diaspora orthe dispersal of people due to migration indicatesdifferent concepts such as travel, migration, displacement, conflict, and home to Arab Americans. This study investigates the reasonsbehind Arab migration toliveinthe US, which results in the convergence between Arab and American culturesthereby creating a new hybridized culture,whichnegotiates the diasporic identities of Arab Americans.The study selects short stories from Dinarzad?s Children: An Anthology of Arab American Fiction to discuss variations among Arab Americans? experiences of diaspora concerningthe concept of home through cultural concepts of hybridity, third space, exile, and brisure.

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[Suaad M. Alqahtani. (2017); HYBRIDIZED ARABS IN DIASPORA: A CULTURAL READING OF DINARZADS CHILDREN. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Nov). 244-250] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Dr. Suaad M. Alqahtani
Assistant Professor of English Literature at Faculty of Languages and Translation King Khalid University

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5762      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5762

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