Palestinian Exile, Experience of Occupation and its Modalities of Resistance in the Works of Mourid Barghouti
Keywords:
Palestinian exile, resistance literature, displacement, settler colonialism, homelandAbstract
The experience of exile has significantly gained importance in the Palestinian movements of resistance worldwide as it shaped the modus operandi of the movements at large. The importance of Palestinian literature is that it helps to define Palestinian identity with the recollection of historical memories while in exile. The theme of exile is central to the works of the late Palestinian writer in exile, Mourid Barghouti. For Barghouti, exile is an unjust political condition forced upon them and their people. He examines the past and present of the Palestinian people who live under occupation and in exile. His works are filled with emotions and experiences of being an exile. Literature has become a tool for Palestinians to remember their past, mourn their losses, and celebrate their present. Using the frameworks of theories of memories and neocolonialism and limiting to the concepts of Palestinian exile and resistance, the study provides a new analysis of how Palestinian literature by exiled writers influences the politics of displacement and resistance.
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