Acculturated Identities in Hanan Al-Shaykh's Only in London

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Acculturated Identities in Hanan Al-Shaykh's Only in London

Journal Title: مجلة كلية الآداب جامعة بورسعيد - Year 2023, Vol 26, Issue 26

Abstract

Hanan Al-Shaykh's novel Only in London(2001) represents an embodiment of John Berry's theory of acculturation in the sense that her characters cross borders to a new culture that necessitates various degrees of adaptation. Those characters have been gathered on a turbulent plane operating from Dubai (East) to London (West) in their attempts to reconstruct their deformed identities. At home, conditions differed for each one of them and imposed a certain kind of psychological exile that hindered any specific social or economic fulfillment. Thus, acculturation has been their fatal choice, and each one has come into contact with the host culture through Berry's acculturation strategies: separation, marginalization, assimilation and integration. The study investigates the four cases of acculturation in light of their original culture and reflects on the degree of fulfillment; if any, to which they could be evaluated as acculturated identities. In addition, it uncovers the hindering factors that contributed in thwarting full acculturation of the four protagonists.Â Ø±ÙØ§ÙØ© ØÙØ§Ù Ø§ÙØ´ÙØ® Â ÙÙØ¯Ù ÙØ§Ø¹Ø²ÙØ²Ù (2001) ØªÙØ«Ù ØªØ¬Ø³ÙØ¯Ø§ Ø¬ÙÙØ§ ÙÙØ¸Ø±ÙØ© Ø¬ÙÙ Ø¨ÙØ±Ù ÙÙØ°ÙØ¨Ø§Ù Ø§ÙØ«ÙØ§ÙÙ Ø¨ÙØ¹ÙÙ Ø£Ù Ø´Ø®ÙØµÙØ§ ÙØ¹Ø¨Ø±ÙÙ Ø§ÙØØ¯ÙØ¯ Ø¥ÙÙ Ø«ÙØ§ÙØ© Ø¬Ø¯ÙØ¯Ù ØªØªØ·ÙØ¨ Ø¯Ø±Ø¬Ø§Øª ÙØªÙØ§ÙØªØ© ÙÙ Ø§ÙØªÙÙÙ. ÙØ§ÙØ´Ø®ÙØµ ÙØªØ¬ÙØ¹ÙÙ Ø¹ÙÙ ÙØªÙ Ø·Ø§Ø¦Ø±Ù Ø£ØµØ§Ø¨ÙØ§ Ø§ÙØ®ÙÙ ÙÙ Ø±ØÙØªÙØ§ ÙÙ Ø¯Ø¨Ù (Ø§ÙØ´Ø±Ù) Ø¥ÙÙ ÙÙØ¯Ù (Ø§ÙØºØ±Ø¨) ÙÙ Ø³Ø¹ÙÙÙ ÙØ¥Ø¹Ø§Ø¯Ø© ØªØ´ÙÙÙ ÙÙÙØ§ØªÙÙ Ø§ÙÙØ´ÙÙØ©. ÙÙØ¯ ØªØ¨Ø§ÙÙØª Ø§ÙØ¸Ø±ÙÙ ÙÙ Ø£ÙØ·Ø§ÙÙÙ ÙÙØ±Ø¶Øª Ø¹ÙÙÙÙ ÙÙØ¹ÙØ§ ÙÙ Ø§ÙÙÙÙÙ ÙØ§ÙØ¹Ø²ÙØ© Ø§ÙÙÙØ³ÙØ© Ø§ÙØªÙ ÙÙØ¹Øª Ø¨Ø¯ÙØ±ÙØ§ Ø£Ù ÙÙØ¹ ÙÙ Ø§ÙØ±Ø¶Ø§ Ø§ÙØ§ÙØªØµØ§Ø¯Ù Ø£Ù Ø§ÙØ§Ø¬ØªÙØ§Ø¹Ù. ÙØ¨Ø°ÙÙ ÙØ§Ù Ø§ÙØ°ÙØ¨Ø§Ù Ø§ÙØ«ÙØ§ÙÙ ÙÙ Ø®ÙØ§Ø±ÙÙ Ø§ÙÙØµÙØ±Ù ÙÙØ§Ù Ø¥ØªØµØ§ÙÙÙ Ø¨Ø§ÙØ«ÙØ§ÙØ© Ø§ÙØ¬Ø¯ÙØ¯Ø© ÙÙ Ø¥Ø·Ø§Ø± Ø¥Ø³ØªØ±Ø§ØªÙØ¬ÙØ§Øª Ø¬ÙÙ Ø¨ÙØ±Ù Ø§ÙØªÙ ØªØ´ÙÙ Ø§ÙØ§ÙÙØµØ§Ù Ø Ø§ÙØªÙÙÙØ´ Ø Ø§ÙØ¥Ø³ØªÙØ¹Ø§Ø¨ Ø Ø§ÙØ¥ÙØ¯ÙØ§Ø¬. ÙØ§ÙØ¯Ø±Ø§Ø³Ø© Ø§ÙØØ§ÙÙØ© ØªÙØØµ ØØ§ÙØ§Øª Ø§ÙØ°ÙØ¨Ø§Ù ÙÙØ´Ø®ÙØµ Ø§ÙØ£Ø±Ø¨Ø¹Ø© ÙÙ Ø¶ÙØ¡ Ø§ÙØ«ÙØ§ÙØ§Øª Ø§ÙØ£ØµÙÙØ© ÙØªØ¹ÙØ³ Ø£Ø¨Ø¹Ø§Ø¯ Ø§ÙØ±Ø¶Ø§ ÙØ¯ÙÙÙ- Ø¥Ù ÙØ¬Ø¯- ØØªÙ ÙÙÙÙ Ø§ÙØÙÙ Ø¥Ø°Ø§ ÙØ§ÙÙØ§ ÙØ¯ Ø£ÙØ¬Ø²ÙØ§ Ø§ÙØ°ÙØ¨Ø§Ù Ø§ÙØ«ÙØ§ÙÙ Ø£Ù ÙØ§. ÙØªÙØ´Ù Ø§ÙØ¯Ø±Ø§Ø³Ø© Ø£ÙØ¶Ø§ Ø§ÙÙÙØ§Ø¨ Ø¹Ù Ø§ÙØ¹ÙØ§ÙÙ Ø§ÙØªÙ Ø£Ø³ÙÙØª ÙÙ ÙÙØ¹ Ø§ÙØªÙØ§Ù Ø§ÙØ°ÙØ¨Ø§Ù Ø§ÙØ«ÙØ§ÙÙ ÙÙØ´Ø®ØµÙØ§Øª Ø§ÙØ£Ø±Ø¨Ø¹ . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â

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Hossam M. Alashqar,

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