Re-Inculturation of Pashtunwali and Afghaniyat in Naheed Hasnat Senzai’s Shooting Kabul

Adnan Riaz
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Adnan Riaz: PhD Scholar, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Atilim University Ankara, Turkey

European Journal of Language and Literature Studies Articles, 2021, vol. 7

Abstract: The paper analyses the immigrants’ perspective on their homeland and tradition while living in a host culture as an immigrant in the novel Shooting Kabul. By focusing on Afghaniyat, the article underlines the critical aspects of Afghan culture incorporated by Senzai in this work and the re-inculturation of Pashtunwali and Afghaniyat in the immigrant communities. The argument builds on Mir Hekmatullah Sadat’s concept of Afghaniyat and regurgitates that immigrants are reluctant to surrender their cultural norms outside their homelands. Practising Afghaniyat is challenging, demanding and continuous adherence to the subverting strife between the host majority society and minority Afghans. For the mentioned purpose, the text paper focuses on text analysis, giving references to culturally significant points and provides a view on immigrant feelings portrayed by the author. The study refers to the multiple historically significant codes of Afghaniyat, which combine the entire Afghan immigrant community into an Afghan nation outside Afghanistan.

Keywords: Afghan; Afghaniyat; immigrant literature; Pashtunwali; Senzai; Shooting Kabul (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.26417/836klv69q

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