Malik Haroon Afzal
Biographic Data
| ID | 9413648 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Malik Haroon Afzal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Malik Haroon |
| FAMILY NAME | Afzal |
| SIGNATURE | AFZAL M H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8487-7165 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Subversion of Islamophobia in Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire
This paper aims at examining the changes in the Western narrative of Islamophobia from the end of Cold War era to the present times and its representation in contemporary Pakistani Anglophone fiction. It reads two selected Pakistani Anglophone novels, The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) by Mohsin Hamid and Home Fire (2017) by Kamila Shamise, against the backdrop of Stephen Greenblatt’s critique of subversion and containment. Both novels have been…
Coercive or Discursive
The term dystopia describes a society where all conditions appear to be working against individuals. The concept of dystopia has been present since time immemorial. However, the previous century of world wars, natural disasters, and the worst human conditions like pandemics, famine, and mass atrocities make it more complex in today’s world. This study investigates Bina Shah’s novel Before She Sleeps of dystopian account through the theoretical fr…
Islamization vs. Islamophobia
Islamization and Islamophobia present two different narratives. Since Cold War, these two narratives have been influencing Muslims globally, especially Pakistan due to its support of Talibanization during the Soviet (communist) invasion of Afghanistan. Pakistan’s initial support of Talibanization in coalition with America, where the country yielded a religiously extremist status, provides a premise to suspect America and the West’s (capitalists) …
The Modern Malay
This article examines the representations of the modern Malay in Katherine Sim’s Malacca Boy (1957), which is set against the backdrop of historical events in British Malaya, including the Japanese Occupation. An important historical commentary on Malay life and modernising Malaya, the novel invites us to revisit the ingrained scholarly views about colonial writers as well as the contemporary racial discourse about the Malay. Using a new historic…
Pre-9/11 Politics of Islamophobia and Hanif Kureishi’s The Black Album (1995)
The rising tide of Islamophobia and the consequent acts of violence pertaining to it over the past couple of years, is inflicting misery on Muslims living across the globe. This situation calls for a clear understanding of the phenomenon of Islamophobia. Using the New Historicist approach, this paper embarks on reading Hanif Kureishi’s The Black Album (1995) in the backdrop of the politics of Islamophobia in the pre-9/11 context. It thus attempts…
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Pre-9/11 Politics of Islamophobia and Hanif Kureishi’s The Black Album (1995)
The rising tide of Islamophobia and the consequent acts of violence pertaining to it over the past couple of years, is inflicting misery on Muslims living across the globe. This situation calls for a clear understanding of the phenomenon of Islamophobia. Using the New Historicist approach, this paper embarks on reading Hanif Kureishi’s The Black Album (1995) in the backdrop of the politics of Islamophobia in the pre-9/11 context. It thus attempts…
Islamization vs. Islamophobia
Islamization and Islamophobia present two different narratives. Since Cold War, these two narratives have been influencing Muslims globally, especially Pakistan due to its support of Talibanization during the Soviet (communist) invasion of Afghanistan. Pakistan’s initial support of Talibanization in coalition with America, where the country yielded a religiously extremist status, provides a premise to suspect America and the West’s (capitalists) …
The Modern Malay
This article examines the representations of the modern Malay in Katherine Sim’s Malacca Boy (1957), which is set against the backdrop of historical events in British Malaya, including the Japanese Occupation. An important historical commentary on Malay life and modernising Malaya, the novel invites us to revisit the ingrained scholarly views about colonial writers as well as the contemporary racial discourse about the Malay. Using a new historic…
Coercive or Discursive
The term dystopia describes a society where all conditions appear to be working against individuals. The concept of dystopia has been present since time immemorial. However, the previous century of world wars, natural disasters, and the worst human conditions like pandemics, famine, and mass atrocities make it more complex in today’s world. This study investigates Bina Shah’s novel Before She Sleeps of dystopian account through the theoretical fr…
Subversion of Islamophobia in Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire
This paper aims at examining the changes in the Western narrative of Islamophobia from the end of Cold War era to the present times and its representation in contemporary Pakistani Anglophone fiction. It reads two selected Pakistani Anglophone novels, The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) by Mohsin Hamid and Home Fire (2017) by Kamila Shamise, against the backdrop of Stephen Greenblatt’s critique of subversion and containment. Both novels have been…
Narrative (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Islamophobia (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Subversion (3 works)