Transformation of the Self Through Islamic Practices in Leila Aboulela's The Translator

• Main Author: Majid, Amrah Abdul
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Muslim women writers; Leila Aboulela; Saba Mahmood; religious actions
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss33/26; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1818/viewcontent/KK_2033_2C_202019_2C_20_26_2034_2C_202020_2027_20Forum_20Kritika_20on_20the_20Shifting_20Frontiers_20of_20Literary_20Studies_20in_20the_20Twenty_First_20Century_20__20Majid.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper discusses the practice of religious rituals and doctrines and the effects that these have on the protagonist of Leila Aboulela’s The Translator. Although it is a love story that highlights the challenges of a relationship between a young and devout Muslim widow and an agnostic Scottish ma...