Terrorism: A Critical Study of Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West and Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire

Abstract

This current study critically analyses Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West and Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire, from perspective of terrorism as cause of modern crises like migration, identity politics and bloodshed in the name if identity. This research aims to analyses post-nationalism, forced migration, change in Muslim identity on global level as resultants of terrorism. In modern times nationalism has become a flawed concept. The lack of belongingness of a person to any place is revealing the emptiness within himself. This shattering condition became more disastrous when World Trade Centre was attacked. The post 9/11 fiction is abundant with such examples where humanity is a victim to terrorism. A new suspicious identity was given to the followers of Islam. Being a Muslim s/he was blamed for terrorist attacks. The legacy of terrorism is haunting the new generation. The corporeal and monstrous transformations in the life of immigrants is demonstrated by most of the South Asian writers. Shamsie and Hamid have declared this alarming chaos through the mouth pieces of their characters. Isma’s interrogation, her brother’s assassination, Nadia and Saeed’s escape through magical doors, all incidents are depicting a graphical picture of the whole terrorized world. Qualitative method of research is used for analysis of both novels. Soren Frank, Hannah Arendt, Alex P. Schmid, Edward Said, Vamik D. Volkan’s Work is used as secondary resources in order to interpret primary texts. This dissertation also borrows insights of Michael Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Jurgen Habermas and Sigmund Freud to meet research purposes of current thesis