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Papers by Mona Alebrahim

Research paper thumbnail of Ambivalent Sexism Explored: A Theoretical Examination of Gender Roles in The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Gender & Society, Feb 13, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus as a Rewriting of Nathaniel Hawthorne's “Rappaccini's Daughter”

This paper focuses on the shared literary features between Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Da... more This paper focuses on the shared literary features between Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter" and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus. It discusses Hawthorne's short story (1844) as a major work influencing Adichie's novel (2003). It investigates Adichie's approach of unraveling some of the primary issues of her time through referring to Hawthorne's views in "Rappaccini's Daughter". The paper also examines the theme of Religion and character formation as two similar literary elements, and it examines how the symbolism of the experiment flower is used differently according to the authors' thematic views. By considering Adichie's Purple Hibiscus as a rewriting of Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter", the researcher aims to depict the themes of religion and science, character formation, and symbolism as shared literary elements between the two works.

Research paper thumbnail of Metropolitan Hybrid Identity in Nadia Hashimi’s A House Without Windows

Arab World English Journal For Translation and Literary Studies

The present article seeks to investigate the effect of colonial domination on Afghan society by a... more The present article seeks to investigate the effect of colonial domination on Afghan society by analyzing Yusuf’s character in Nadia Hashimi’s A House Without Windows (2016). By theoretically framing the paper at Orientalism, the paper scrutinizes Hashimi’s approach to exemplify the concept of metropolitan hybridity through mimicry and Othering; how Yusuf internalizes the value of the colonizer and believes in the inferiority of his own culture. The paper analyses how Yusuf represents a colonialist ideology that reinforces the binary opposition of the West and East, a hybrid Afghan and the native Afghan. This article engages with debates around Orientalism and the construction of Western power that schematizes the inferiority of the East. It questions the strategies that are used to represent Yusuf as a hybrid Afghan, the strategies that help to produce an Orientalist discourse. The article signifies Yusuf’s imitation as a double articulation strategy: mimicking the Occident while d...

Research paper thumbnail of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus as a Rewriting of Nathaniel Hawthorne's “Rappaccini's Daughter”

This paper focuses on the shared literary features between Nathaniel Hawthorne's “Rappaccini&... more This paper focuses on the shared literary features between Nathaniel Hawthorne's “Rappaccini's Daughter” and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus. It discusses Hawthorne's short story (1844) as a major work influencing Adichie's novel (2003). It investigates Adichie's approach of unraveling some of the primary issues of her time through referring to Hawthorne's views in “Rappaccini's Daughter”. The paper also examines the theme of Religion and character formation as two similar literary elements, and it examines how the symbolism of the experiment flower is used differently according to the authors' thematic views. By considering Adichie's Purple Hibiscus as a rewriting of Hawthorne's “Rappaccini's Daughter”, the researcher aims to depict the themes of religion and science, character formation, and symbolism as shared literary elements between the two works.

Research paper thumbnail of Correcting Africans' Misconceptions about America in Americanah.pdf

This paper seeks to address the Africans' misconceptions about the American life as presented in ... more This paper seeks to address the Africans' misconceptions about the American life as presented in Chiamamnda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah. It examines Adichie's depiction of negative social issues in America which were concealed form Africans by the American mass media, the influential Nigerian parents, and the incomplete report of the previous travelers and immigrants to America. Adichie attempts to convey an inclusive presentation of the American life through her diasporic characters and their struggle against the Americans' racial prejudice, low level of education, lack of employment, and financial struggle. The paper illustrates how Adichie sheds light upon the importance of remodeling the untrue presentation of America to prevent the Africans' agony and disappointment when immigrating to America. To achieve this, the paper examines the Nigerian immigrants experience with the Americans' racial prejudice, low level of education, lack of employment, and financial struggle as distinctive aspects of the American life.

Research paper thumbnail of East African Scholars Journal of Education, Humanities and Literature

This paper seeks to address the Africans’ misconceptions about the American life as presented in ... more This paper seeks to address the Africans’ misconceptions about the American life as presented in Chiamamnda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah. It examines Adichie’s depiction of negative social issues in America which were concealed form Africans by the American mass media, the influential Nigerian parents, and the incomplete report of the previous travelers and immigrants to America. Adichie attempts to convey an inclusive presentation of the American life through her diasporic characters and their struggle against the Americans’ racial prejudice, low level of education, lack of employment, and financial struggle. The paper illustrates how Adichie sheds light upon the importance of remodeling the untrue presentation of America to prevent the Africans’ agony and disappointment when immigrating to America. To achieve this, the paper examines the Nigerian immigrants experience with the Americans’ racial prejudice, low level of education, lack of employment, and financial struggle as distinct...

Research paper thumbnail of An Analysis of the Postcolonial Thematic Aspects in Wole Soyinka's The Strong Breed

The Criterion, 2021

While on the surface, The Strong Breed might only seem a play about African rituals, it is more t... more While on the surface, The Strong Breed might only seem a play about African rituals, it is more than that. The play represents the influence of rituals on the Nigerian society and their struggle to find their identity. To reach such conclusion, Wole Soyinka uses the theory of post-colonialism which perfectly suites the constituents of the play. The themes of The Strong Breed are presented through three contextual factors of postcolonialism, such as: discrimination, exile, and identity crises. Moreover, all the themes mentioned are related to the struggle colonised communities experience; the play contains various dimensions of postcolonial theory. Soyinka uses the contextual factors of postcolonial literature to comment on the false ideologies of the human beings. Therefore, this article examines the post-colonial thematic aspects in The Strong Breed through studying the concepts of otherness, hybridity, and resistance, and it explores the influence of the colonisation of minds in the human beings.

Research paper thumbnail of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus as a Rewriting of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter"

International Academic Journal of Education & Literature, 2020

This paper focuses on the shared literary features between Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Da... more This paper focuses on the shared literary features between Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter" and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus. It discusses Hawthorne's short story (1844) as a major work influencing Adichie's novel (2003). It investigates Adichie's approach of unraveling some of the primary issues of her time through referring to Hawthorne's views in "Rappaccini's Daughter". The paper also examines the theme of Religion and character formation as two similar literary elements, and it examines how the symbolism of the experiment flower is used differently according to the authors' thematic views. By considering Adichie's Purple Hibiscus as a rewriting of Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter", the researcher aims to depict the themes of religion and science, character formation, and symbolism as shared literary elements between the two works.

Research paper thumbnail of Correcting Africans’ Misconceptions about America in Americanah

East african scholars, 2019

This paper seeks to address the Africans’ misconceptions about the American life as presented in ... more This paper seeks to address the Africans’ misconceptions about the American life as presented in Chiamamnda
Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah. It examines Adichie’s depiction of negative social issues in America which were concealed form Africans by the American mass media, the influential Nigerian parents, and the incomplete report of the previous travelers and immigrants to America. Adichie attempts to convey an inclusive presentation of the American life through her diasporic characters and their struggle against the Americans’ racial prejudice, low level of education, lack of employment, and financial struggle. The paper illustrates how Adichie sheds light upon the importance of remodeling the untrue presentation of America to prevent the Africans’ agony and disappointment when immigrating to America. To achieve this, the paper examines the Nigerian immigrants experience with the Americans’ racial prejudice, low level of education, lack of employment, and financial struggle as distinctive aspects of the American life.

Research paper thumbnail of Ambivalent Sexism Explored: A Theoretical Examination of Gender Roles in The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Gender & Society, Feb 13, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus as a Rewriting of Nathaniel Hawthorne's “Rappaccini's Daughter”

This paper focuses on the shared literary features between Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Da... more This paper focuses on the shared literary features between Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter" and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus. It discusses Hawthorne's short story (1844) as a major work influencing Adichie's novel (2003). It investigates Adichie's approach of unraveling some of the primary issues of her time through referring to Hawthorne's views in "Rappaccini's Daughter". The paper also examines the theme of Religion and character formation as two similar literary elements, and it examines how the symbolism of the experiment flower is used differently according to the authors' thematic views. By considering Adichie's Purple Hibiscus as a rewriting of Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter", the researcher aims to depict the themes of religion and science, character formation, and symbolism as shared literary elements between the two works.

Research paper thumbnail of Metropolitan Hybrid Identity in Nadia Hashimi’s A House Without Windows

Arab World English Journal For Translation and Literary Studies

The present article seeks to investigate the effect of colonial domination on Afghan society by a... more The present article seeks to investigate the effect of colonial domination on Afghan society by analyzing Yusuf’s character in Nadia Hashimi’s A House Without Windows (2016). By theoretically framing the paper at Orientalism, the paper scrutinizes Hashimi’s approach to exemplify the concept of metropolitan hybridity through mimicry and Othering; how Yusuf internalizes the value of the colonizer and believes in the inferiority of his own culture. The paper analyses how Yusuf represents a colonialist ideology that reinforces the binary opposition of the West and East, a hybrid Afghan and the native Afghan. This article engages with debates around Orientalism and the construction of Western power that schematizes the inferiority of the East. It questions the strategies that are used to represent Yusuf as a hybrid Afghan, the strategies that help to produce an Orientalist discourse. The article signifies Yusuf’s imitation as a double articulation strategy: mimicking the Occident while d...

Research paper thumbnail of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus as a Rewriting of Nathaniel Hawthorne's “Rappaccini's Daughter”

This paper focuses on the shared literary features between Nathaniel Hawthorne's “Rappaccini&... more This paper focuses on the shared literary features between Nathaniel Hawthorne's “Rappaccini's Daughter” and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus. It discusses Hawthorne's short story (1844) as a major work influencing Adichie's novel (2003). It investigates Adichie's approach of unraveling some of the primary issues of her time through referring to Hawthorne's views in “Rappaccini's Daughter”. The paper also examines the theme of Religion and character formation as two similar literary elements, and it examines how the symbolism of the experiment flower is used differently according to the authors' thematic views. By considering Adichie's Purple Hibiscus as a rewriting of Hawthorne's “Rappaccini's Daughter”, the researcher aims to depict the themes of religion and science, character formation, and symbolism as shared literary elements between the two works.

Research paper thumbnail of Correcting Africans' Misconceptions about America in Americanah.pdf

This paper seeks to address the Africans' misconceptions about the American life as presented in ... more This paper seeks to address the Africans' misconceptions about the American life as presented in Chiamamnda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah. It examines Adichie's depiction of negative social issues in America which were concealed form Africans by the American mass media, the influential Nigerian parents, and the incomplete report of the previous travelers and immigrants to America. Adichie attempts to convey an inclusive presentation of the American life through her diasporic characters and their struggle against the Americans' racial prejudice, low level of education, lack of employment, and financial struggle. The paper illustrates how Adichie sheds light upon the importance of remodeling the untrue presentation of America to prevent the Africans' agony and disappointment when immigrating to America. To achieve this, the paper examines the Nigerian immigrants experience with the Americans' racial prejudice, low level of education, lack of employment, and financial struggle as distinctive aspects of the American life.

Research paper thumbnail of East African Scholars Journal of Education, Humanities and Literature

This paper seeks to address the Africans’ misconceptions about the American life as presented in ... more This paper seeks to address the Africans’ misconceptions about the American life as presented in Chiamamnda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah. It examines Adichie’s depiction of negative social issues in America which were concealed form Africans by the American mass media, the influential Nigerian parents, and the incomplete report of the previous travelers and immigrants to America. Adichie attempts to convey an inclusive presentation of the American life through her diasporic characters and their struggle against the Americans’ racial prejudice, low level of education, lack of employment, and financial struggle. The paper illustrates how Adichie sheds light upon the importance of remodeling the untrue presentation of America to prevent the Africans’ agony and disappointment when immigrating to America. To achieve this, the paper examines the Nigerian immigrants experience with the Americans’ racial prejudice, low level of education, lack of employment, and financial struggle as distinct...

Research paper thumbnail of An Analysis of the Postcolonial Thematic Aspects in Wole Soyinka's The Strong Breed

The Criterion, 2021

While on the surface, The Strong Breed might only seem a play about African rituals, it is more t... more While on the surface, The Strong Breed might only seem a play about African rituals, it is more than that. The play represents the influence of rituals on the Nigerian society and their struggle to find their identity. To reach such conclusion, Wole Soyinka uses the theory of post-colonialism which perfectly suites the constituents of the play. The themes of The Strong Breed are presented through three contextual factors of postcolonialism, such as: discrimination, exile, and identity crises. Moreover, all the themes mentioned are related to the struggle colonised communities experience; the play contains various dimensions of postcolonial theory. Soyinka uses the contextual factors of postcolonial literature to comment on the false ideologies of the human beings. Therefore, this article examines the post-colonial thematic aspects in The Strong Breed through studying the concepts of otherness, hybridity, and resistance, and it explores the influence of the colonisation of minds in the human beings.

Research paper thumbnail of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus as a Rewriting of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter"

International Academic Journal of Education & Literature, 2020

This paper focuses on the shared literary features between Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Da... more This paper focuses on the shared literary features between Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter" and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus. It discusses Hawthorne's short story (1844) as a major work influencing Adichie's novel (2003). It investigates Adichie's approach of unraveling some of the primary issues of her time through referring to Hawthorne's views in "Rappaccini's Daughter". The paper also examines the theme of Religion and character formation as two similar literary elements, and it examines how the symbolism of the experiment flower is used differently according to the authors' thematic views. By considering Adichie's Purple Hibiscus as a rewriting of Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter", the researcher aims to depict the themes of religion and science, character formation, and symbolism as shared literary elements between the two works.

Research paper thumbnail of Correcting Africans’ Misconceptions about America in Americanah

East african scholars, 2019

This paper seeks to address the Africans’ misconceptions about the American life as presented in ... more This paper seeks to address the Africans’ misconceptions about the American life as presented in Chiamamnda
Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah. It examines Adichie’s depiction of negative social issues in America which were concealed form Africans by the American mass media, the influential Nigerian parents, and the incomplete report of the previous travelers and immigrants to America. Adichie attempts to convey an inclusive presentation of the American life through her diasporic characters and their struggle against the Americans’ racial prejudice, low level of education, lack of employment, and financial struggle. The paper illustrates how Adichie sheds light upon the importance of remodeling the untrue presentation of America to prevent the Africans’ agony and disappointment when immigrating to America. To achieve this, the paper examines the Nigerian immigrants experience with the Americans’ racial prejudice, low level of education, lack of employment, and financial struggle as distinctive aspects of the American life.