Contemporary Hybridity and the Fear of Dislocation in the Literature about the Arabian Gulf: The Eastern Other in Saud Al-sanousi's The Bamboo Stalk and Benyamin's Goat Days

Reem Mustafa Ismail Ghanim

Contemporary Hybridity and the Fear of Dislocation in the Literature about the Arabian Gulf: The Eastern Other in Saud Al-sanousi's The Bamboo Stalk and Benyamin's Goat Days

Date

2024-09-19

Authors

Reem Mustafa Ismail Ghanim

Publisher

جامعة النجاح الوطنية

Abstract

This thesis explores the challenges experienced by Eastern migrants in the Arabian Gulf states through analyzing both The Bamboo Stalk by Saud Al-sanousi and Goat Days by Benyamin. It examines the protagonists dilemmas and challenges with cultural hybridity, identity crises, discrimination, and rejection in their host countries. This study argues that migrants in Gulf states experience marginalization and disillusionment due to racial, linguistic, and social differences, as well as systemic discrimination. The novels critique the socio-cultural dynamics of the Gulf’s labor diaspora along with its psychological impact on migrant identity.