Saudi Cultural Missions Theses & Dissertations
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Item Restricted Feminist Translation Strategies in Contemporary Saudi literature: Empowerment, Representation, and Cultural Dialogues in Badriya Al Bishr’s novel (Hend and the soldiers)(University of Birmingham, 2024) Alzahrani, Hanan; Daoudi, AnissaThis dissertation explores the role of feminist translation strategies in amplifying marginalised female voices, with a focus on the English translation of Hend and The Soldiers by Badriyah Al Bishr. Through a comparative analysis of the original Arabic text and its English translation by Sanna Dhahir, the study investigates how feminist translation strategies, such as supplementing, prefacing and footnoting, and hijacking, preserve and enhance the feminist critique embedded in the novel. The research examines how these strategies allow for the retention of cultural authenticity while ensuring that feminist themes resonate with a global audience, particularly in the context of Saudi Arabia’s patriarchal structures. Key findings demonstrate the effectiveness of these strategies in providing necessary cultural context, explaining legal and societal norms, and amplifying critiques of gender oppression. By balancing cultural fidelity and feminist amplification, Dhahir’s translation contributes significantly to cross-cultural feminist discourse. The study also addresses the limitations of focusing on a single text and suggests future research directions, including the exploration of intersectionality and the reception of feminist translations across different cultural contexts. Ultimately, this dissertation highlights the critical role of feminist translation in promoting global solidarity and advancing gender equality.8 0Item Restricted Towards a feminist interpretation of female roles in early modern society: Examples from William Shakespeare's tragedies such as Hamlet, Othello, and Macbeth(Saudi Digital Library, 2023-12-01) Alajmi, Reem; Durrant, Michael; Radulescu, RalucaThis dissertation aims to explore the roles and the representation of women in William Shakespeare's tragedies through a feminist critical framework. The texts under study in this research will include three of Shakespeare’s most well-known tragic play texts: Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth. Specifically, this dissertation aims to investigate the role of women in the plays and how they enable us to understand the role of women in the early modern England through this literary lens. The first section offers a general introduction to the overall argument and the critical and theoretical background of this study. The introduction also includes the research aims, research questions, the definition of terms, the theoretical frame for analysis in this research and the importance of the study and the review of related literature. The second section shall include the research method. The third chapter shall include the analysis of female roles in Othello, the fourth chapter shall focus on female roles in Hamlet, the fifth chapter shall focus on female roles in Macbeth.34 0Item Restricted Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia: A Conflict of Laws, Custom and Policy Reforms(Saudi Digital Library, 2023-10-25) Barnawi, Samiyah; Batlan, Felice; Walters, AdrianIn the contexts of Saudi Vision 2030 introduced in 2016 as well as moderate Islamic policy reforms introduced in 2017, issues of women empowerment through education and employment occurred in various domains, including health, sport, law, media, economics, politics, and oil and gas sectors, to name just a few. In this climate, there are still no studies that engage with how Saudi women’s rights have been understood, advocated, enacted, contested, justified and even protected from being challenged. This nascent study frames and examines the intersectionality between Saudi women’s rights, Islamic law and customary law in the context of those recent policy reforms. It explores the following research questions: (a) how Saudi women’s rights are defined, practiced and justified in the context of moderate Islamic policy reforms?, (b) what do the stories of Saudi women reveal about their lived experiences in the context of moderate Islamic reforms?, (c) what challenges do Saudi women encounter related to their rights?, (d) what strategies do Saudi women use to negotiate emerging challenges?, and (f) how do the findings of this study help improve women’s law in Saudi Arabia today? The data of this phenomenological qualitative study emerge from two sources: autobiographical narratives and semi-structured interviews with 15 Saudi females with different social-economic backgrounds (married, singles and/or college female students). The findings revealed that although recent policy reforms enabled some women to have access to different educational and employment opportunities, there were still some women struggling to fully benefit from these reforms. This is due to the fact that the boundaries among (i) customary law/practices (ii) Saudi women’s rights, and (iii) social and policy reforms for women’s rights are still not clearly set. The study highlights its contributions to the scholarship of women’s rights in the Arab and Muslim communities. It also proposes a conceptual framework, grounded in Islamic legal theory, for understand women’s rights and its complexities.43 0