Abstract
This study discusses Arab diasporic women’s resistance against cultural and social oppression on several aspects of women’s lives, such as education and the daily life in Laila Halaby’s West of the Jordan (2003). It also discusses the role of the Arab diasporic women in the West in confirming or resisting such oppressions. The study also illustrates that although diasporic experiences in the West helped Arab women uproot/resist social and cultural oppressions, in some other cases, diasporic experiences helped reinforce the consistency of such oppressive practices. Laila Halaby in West of the Jordan provides several examples of the heterogeneity of the Arab diasporic women's identity/ psychology. For instance, Soraya, one of the four main characters, is introduced as an example of those women who gain freedom in the diaspora, while Khadija, in contrast, experiences more pressure due to her being in the diaspora.
Highlights
In this paper, I argue that education, employment, and the freedom of daily life practices are crucial to women's self-development mission
This idea stems from the fact that Arab diasporic women can never achieve independent identity without achieving economic independence, which, in turn, can be achieved through education and economic empowerment
The diasporic experience of Arab women is unique because it provides women with new opportunities and chances in order to get rid of several oppressive practices imposed on their social and economic rights
Summary
| ABSTRACT This study discusses Arab diasporic women’s resistance against cultural and social oppression on several aspects of women’s lives, such as education and the daily life in Laila Halaby’s West of the Jordan (2003). It discusses the role of the Arab diasporic women in the West in confirming or resisting such oppressions. Laila Halaby in West of the Jordan provides several examples of the heterogeneity of the Arab diasporic women's identity/ psychology. Arab diasporic women, female identity, oppression against women, feminism, integration, postcolonial literature, West of the Jordan
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