The Non-Western Representation of Third World Woman in Mohja Ka hf’s The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf: A Transnational Feminist Study

Abstract

Western feminists have exerted the power they have owned from their position in passive discourses to cast third world women as silent victims who need the aid of their western sisters. Framing third world women in a category of analysis as oppressed, subjugated, helpless, pawn, dependent, and savage have evoked many non-western writers to enhance the real image of women relying upon their diverse experiences and resistance to the gendered oppression of female and creating empowered examples of women in their literary works. Mohja Kahf, the Syrian-American writer, sets a different portrayal of third world women, emphasizing their hardships, contributions, ordeals, and struggle to survive and prove their potentials. This study aims to show how Kahf challenges the western thoughts and stereotypical images, drawing on transnational feminist theory as a radical theoretical framework to expose and delineate the west hegemonic practices, transcending the nation-state limits, and address the inequalities worldwide. The research plan was based on an introduction, a preamble, three demands and a conclusion; The title of the introduction was: A brief summary of the term grammatical breadth. The first demand: the deletion of the verb is obligatory. The second demand: the deletion of the verb is permissible. And the third demand: the deletion of the verb to indicate a grammatical style. Finally, the conclusion, which included the most important results of the research.