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Cultural Memory and Exilic Perspective on Home and Identity a Historico-Literary Analysis of Mahmoud Darwishs Works

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Khan, Muhammad Ajmal

Program

PhD

Country

Pakistan

Thesis Completing Year

2019

Thesis Completion Status

Completed

Subject

English Language & Literature

Language

English

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http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/bitstream/123456789/10599/1/Muhammad%20Ajmal%20Khan_English_Literature_2019_IIU_08.04.2019.pdf

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2024-03-24 20:25:49

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1676724586823

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The thesis deals with the history of the last seventy years of Palestinian struggle for the establishment of their identity as a sovereign nation-state as it is reflected through the poetic and prose works of Mahmoud Darwish. Owing to his persistent role as the mouthpiece of the Palestinian sentiments, Darwish has come to be known as the Palestinian national poet. In the present study, Darwish’s literary outpour is seen in the context of a long history where different claimants have contended to establish their entitlement to the sacred land of Palestine. The historical dimension is an important part of the Arab literature in general and Palestinian literature in particular where the struggle for independence and democratic rights has consistently been nabbed by the colonial masters in the past and the neo-colonial regimes of the present time. In the context of Palestinian/Israeli conflict, the UN-sanctioned ‘twostate’ solution is being systematically undermined by the ultra-orthodox, US-supported Israeli government that openly refuses to admit the legal and historical rights of the Palestinians. While history is being documented by the resourceful western academia and other institutions with more or less ulterior motives, it becomes ever more pertinent to highlight the Palestinian cause as reflected through various modes of their own cultural production. Indigenous literary and non-literary voices must be heeded to for a holistic understanding of the human condition in Palestine. Analysing Mahmoud Darwish’s writings in their historical backdrop is thus an attempt to understand the history of Palestinian national identity through the focal lens of a representative poet. The present research is interdisciplinary in nature using a historico-literary framework of study that takes its lead from intertextuality as well as new-historicism. The purpose of investigation is a deeper understanding of Palestinian struggle through Darwish’s works as he tackles the challenges of exile and cultural memory to realize the ideals of home and identity. It is hoped that the present treatise would encourage further interdisciplinary researches where other literary texts are explored in their historical and political contexts.
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زندہ رکھی ہے ترے پیار کی خوشبو ایسے
اپنے شعروں میں دیے تیرے حوالے میں نے
کیوں نہ ہر لفظ پہ آنکھوں سے یہ ٹپکیں آنسو
جس قدر درد ملے شعر میں ڈھالے میں نے

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اپنی ذات کے اندر آ!

خواب نگر سے باہر آ!
شیش محل میں کس نے کہا

ہاتھ میں لے کر پتھر آ!
دیکھ کے صحرا نے یہ کہا

آنکھ میں بھر کے ساگر آ!
تجھ سے مسخر دل نہ ہو گا

لاکھ تو بن کے سکندر آ!
ہنس کے کہا درویش نے یہ
غم کی آگ میں جل کر آ!
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یوں تو کہنے کو فقط صبح کا تارا ڈوبا
ہاں، مگر رات کے راہی کا سہارا ڈوبا
جس کی باتوں سے سدا پیار کی کرنیں پھوٹیں
اُس کی آنکھوں میں مری سوچ کا دھارا ڈوبا
میری قسمت بھی ہے روٹھی مرے ساجن کی طرح
میں جو منجدھار سے نکلا تو کنارا ڈوبا
آج پھر سُرخ گھٹائوں کی ہے آمد آمد
آج پھر ۱ور کوئی درد کا مارا ڈوبا
کیسا کہرام مچا ہے لبِ دریا یونسؔ
ایسا لگتا ہے کوئی جان سے پیارا ڈوبا
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مل کر جو چلا جاتا

کیا اس میں ترا جاتا
معیار سے اپنے تو

کیوں کر ہے گرا جاتا
منزل نہ بھلے ملتی

رستہ تو دیا جاتا
ہوتی ہے وہاں غیبت
میں کیسے بھلا جاتا
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اب خونِ جگر دے کے یہ پالا نہیں جاتا
آ جا کہ ترا درد، سنبھالا نہیں جاتا
ہم جس کے سبب نقل مکانی پہ تلے ہیں
کیوں شخص وہ بستی سے نکالا نہیں جاتا
روتے ہو یہ بتلائو کہ تم ہجر میں کس کے
بے وجہ تو آنکھوں کا اُجالا نہیں جاتا

Implikasi Peran Dan Fungsi Pengawasan Bank Syariah Di Indonesia Pasca UU No. 21 Tahun 2011

The growth of the Sharia banking system in Indonesia is considered a measure of Sharia's economic success. The Indonesian Sharia Banking Supervision is responsible for regulating sharia banking activities. It is important to note that this information is from a regulatory point of view. The regulation and supervision of sharia banking activities are based on amendments to Act No. 3 of 2004 on the Bank of Indonesia, No. 23 of 1999, and Law No. 21 of 2008. After the passing of OJK Act No. 21 in 2011, Indonesian banks were granted the authority to oversee Sharia banks, which were then transferred to the JSC. The Financial Services Authority was formed due to concerns from various parties about the supervisory function of Indonesian banks in regulating Sharia banking. The JSC does not directly monitor all activities of Sharia institutions, but rather ensures that certain aspects are overseen by other institutions, such as the DPS (Dewan Pengawas Syariah).  The DPS is responsible for overseeing Sharia Financial Institutions, and is registered based on the approval of the National Sharia Council (DSN). The objective of the OJK is to meet and protect the needs and interests of the public, create a stable and sustainable financial system, and implement a financial system based on the principles of good governance, which include accountability, transparency, and independence.

Socio-Cultural Discourse on Female Reproductive Rights A Case Study of Pothohar Village, District Attock

This thesis mainly explores the association between the socio-cultural context and women‘s perception and practice of their reproductive rights. Meeting reproductive needs of rural women living in a traditional culture of Pakistan is no less than a challenge where sexuality is a taboo subject. There is little known about the sexual and reproductive practices and behaviour of women. The issues pertaining to female‘s reproductive rights remain unacknowledged at the policy level and lack implementation. Studies that were conducted In Pakistan before had mostly focused on the issues of maternal health from the service delivery aspect and very few attempts have been made to empirically assess linkages between socio-cultural factors and Reproductive Rights. In order to have a clear picture of the state of females reproductive rights, this study was conducted in village Choha Shah Ghareeb of District Attock, in the Province of Punjab with the prime objective to understand the perception and practices of reproductive rights among females of the reproductive age group (15-49 years). The study employed anthropological methods including participant observation, in-depth interviews, illness narratives to provide a comprehensive analysis of reproductive with an emic perspective. The study explored their participation in Fertility Decision Making and utilization of reproductive health services such as antenatal care, delivery and postnatal care. Furthermore, it investigated those traditional practices which affect female‘s reproductive rights such as early marriages, inability to access modern health care facilities, nutritional taboos, consequences of infertility, son preferences and unsafe induce abortion etc. The study elaborated key aspects linked to the notion of female sexuality and fertility. The findings show that socio-cultural norms inhibit discussion related to sexuality and reproductive health and young girls‘ receive little information about puberty prior to menarche which becomes the foundation for their incapacity to safeguard their future reproductive health. Marriage is considered a religious duty and an inevitable act. Field findings reflect the importance of marriage to protect the honor of women and also for the formation of a family unit. The right to marry and form a family was more recognized vii in terms of parental responsibility and obligation to arrange timely marriage of their children. Among married women interviewed in this study, 45% were asked to give their opinion in spouse selection and more than one third of respondents were married to their cousins. Women were also aware of their right to seek divorce yet the majority of them (47%) disagreed and urged the necessity to avoid dissolution of marriage due to the fear of social disgrace, family pressure, being separated from children and due to the limited opportunities to marry again. Sexuality for married women is an area of compromise, obligation, and lack of control. Sexual obedience is considered an essential characteristic of a good and successful wife. The majority of the respondents agreed that they would never like to refuse their husbands and perceived sex as a ‗wife‘s duty & religious obligation‖. Furthermore, good women are expected to be ignorant and passive in sexual matters and sexual subservience is used as a strategy to gain love and respect from their husbands and also to secure their present and future well-being. Women‘s understanding of their reproductive health comes from their socialization pattern, configuration of gender roles and sense of motherhood and identity based on their norms and traditions. Women placed safe motherhood as an important element of their expressed meaning of reproductive rights and strongly emphasized their right to have good reproductive health care particularly during pregnancy and post-partum period. But practically, the majority of them considered conception and the act of giving birth as ‗natural‘ and received antenatal care mostly in case having some health problem. There was a clear preference for home delivery and hospitals were chosen in case of emergency or health risk or in the absence of family member to assist home delivery. Women perceived childlessness as a curse because children strengthened the marital bond and raised their status in the family. Having a quick pregnancy meant compliance with social norms and family expectations. Successful childbearing gives them respect and decision making authority in reproductive matters. Women also discussed the deteriorating effect of excessive births for their reproductive health and the majority of viii them acknowledged their right to space births and determine family size. Many women mentioned their limited decision making authority with regards to keeping their family size smaller and also accepted the covert use of contraceptives and induced abortion without consent of their husbands in case of having closely spaced pregnancies, health concerns, or under extreme economic misery etc. The majority of women had knowledge of modern contraceptives and apart from them they also knew and practiced traditional methods such as withdrawal. Family planning methods and their perceived viability is at the heart of the discourse surrounding women‘s fertility control behavior. The findings demonstrate that women‘s lower social position and economic dependence on their husbands and families limit their ability to practice their reproductive rights by not allowing them to make independent decisions to regulate their reproductive lives. Fertility decisions are made and experienced within their cultural context whether it is early marriage, compulsory motherhood, home based delivery, lack of fertility control, closely spaced pregnancies, unsafe abortions or utilization of reproductive health care services. The study concludes that women situated their reproductive rights within the broader spectrum of their socio- economic, familial and cultural context. Having a good family life, securing social and economic protection and attaining social respect were key elements of the meaning of reproductive rights for them. Women, in the desire to keep their marriage successful or for the sake of their children, prefer to compromise for the sake of this affiliation, which ultimately provides them socio-economic and emotional support.