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Title SURVIVAL UNDER OCCUPATION: A NECROPOLITICAL STUDY OF THE SELECTED PALESTINIAN SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH

Author(s) Tehreem Jamil Chughtai

Abstract Title: Survival under Occupation: A Necropolitical Study of the Selected Palestinian Short Stories in English. This research work aims to study the predicament of the Palestinian population under occupation as depicted in the selected Palestinian short stories from the collections Gaza Writes Back (2014), Qissat (2006) and The Sea Cloak and Other Stories (2019), under the lens of Mbembe’s theory of necropolitics and Fanon’s ideas regarding violence and decolonization. It draws on Mbembe’s work on necropolitics to study the genocide of the Palestinian Arabs by the Israeli state and the constant state of pain the Palestinians are living in under Israel’s necropolitics as mentioned in the selected texts. Furthermore, the researcher has invoked Fanon’s work on violence and Mbembe’s conception of suicide bomber and martyrdom to study the consequent armed resistance of the Palestinian Arabs. For this purpose, the researcher undertakes qualitative research and utilizes textual analysis to study the selected texts in depth to achieve the research objectives and reach a definite conclusion. This study reveals, in light of the selected texts, how Palestinian Arabs are killed mainly based on the relationship of enmity and chiefly on the basis of the mere suspicion and are living under the constant fear of death due to endless bombing and firing. However, this research also uncovers, using textual evidence, how the Palestinian population has resorted to violence to show resistance to the Israeli occupation. Through this research, the researcher intends to draw attention towards the repressed narrative of the Palestinian Arabs by demonstrating how the Palestinian population has been suffering interminably under Israeli occupation and that it has resorted to violence to counter its oppressors. This research work will also contribute to the understanding of necropolitics prevalent in the contemporary world as well as will help in deciphering the resistance undertaken by the repressed nations to counter the necropolitics.

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Publication Date 2023-12-19

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