Encounter, clash, and confluence: Mohja Kahf 's 'The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf'

In her novel 'The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf' (2006), Syrian-American Mohja Kahf engages in the representation of an experience similar to hers, the coming-of-age narrative of a young girl in a Muslim community in the heart of Indiana. A coming of age that is strongly marked by recurring...

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Published in:	Commonwealth (Rodez, France) France), 2018-09, Vol.40 (2), p.43-53
Main Author:	Sara Arami
Format:	Article
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Subjects:	American fiction Muslim women Religious life Syrian Americans Women in Islam
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Summary:	In her novel 'The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf' (2006), Syrian-American Mohja Kahf engages in the representation of an experience similar to hers, the coming-of-age narrative of a young girl in a Muslim community in the heart of Indiana. A coming of age that is strongly marked by recurring cycles of encounter, clash and confluence on various levels. By making use of such a recurring pattern, Kahf questions the view which holds identity to be fixed and ossified, and problematizes the prevalent stereotypes of gender and nationality.
ISSN:	0395-6989