Migration, marginalization and adaptation: Reconceptualizing Identity in Faqir’s The Cry of the Dove.

Abstract

This paper aimed Faqir’s The Cry of the Dove, the story of Salma’s migration from a small town Hima of Jordan to a metropolitan city London. She is forced to leave her native land in order to save her life from her brother Mohammad who wanted to kill her for her extramarital affair and pregnancy. Her efforts to change her habits, appearance and mind succeeds but the heart lurks back to Hima where her daughter is. Bhabha’s (1994) othering, Pratt’s (1991) concept of contact zone and Kim’s (2001) stress-adaptation-growth model will provide framework for the article.