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Muslim English Literature
Published by Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta
ISSN : 29617502     EISSN : 29628199     DOI : -
Core Subject : Religion, Education,
Religion Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media
Muslim English Literature specializes in Muslim World Literature including US-Muslim, British-Muslim, Asian-Muslim, and other Muslim cultures and literature; and is intended to communicate original research and current issues on the subject. This journal warmly welcomes contributions from scholars of related disciplines, including Linguistics and Cultural Studies related to the Muslim world.
Arjuna Subject : Seni dan Humaniora - Bahasa dan Linguistik
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The Dynamics of Communication in Ruqyah Sharia on Youtube: A Pragmatics Analysis of Interactions between Ustadz and the Patients Suparno, Darsita; Saehudin, Akhmad; Nurhuda, Zam Zam; Lutfi, Mukhamamd; Maharani, Sabrina; Mahfudhoh, Vina Ulva
Muslim English Literature Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023): Muslim English Literature
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15408/mel.v2i1.28519

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This study aims to identify linguistic expressions on utterances used in communication during ruqyah sharia happening. It is conducted using a pragmatic perspective and the descriptive qualitative method in analyzing data. Data from this research got from Youtube during the treatment of ruqyah sharia. This study used maxim theory to test the use of the cooperative principles among them during ruqyah sharia so we can get a system of the cooperative principle which is violated or obeyed by them. Based on findings and discussion, it can be seen the following. There are some conversations which violated by Ustadz and the patient conversation. There are about 2% violated the maxim of manner, 8% violated the maxim of relation, 5% violated the maxim of quality, and 3% violated the maxim of quantity. Some conversations are obeyed, namely 40 % obeyed the maxim of manner, 16 % obeyed the maxim of relation, 34% obeyed the maxim of quality, and 10 % obeyed the maxim of quantity. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that in ruqyah sharia, the theory of Grice (1975) about the cooperative principle can be tested in the use of the cooperative principle between ustadz and patients in the Indonesian context. Although the patient did not aware of his conversation, he can make good cooperative principles with Ustadz so the conversation can go smoothly and both speakers understand their conversation. 
Retaining the Readability of Cultural Words Translation: The Case of Indonesian Subtitles in Breadwinner Film Suriadi, M. Agus; Anwar, Alma Nadia
Muslim English Literature Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023): Muslim English Literature
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15408/mel.v2i1.28539

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This study is a translation quality assessment of cultural words translation in the Breadwinner film. It is done firstly by categorizing the cultural words and translation procedures based on Peter Newmark’s theory. Then, to find out the readability level of cultural word translation, the study uses Nababan’s theory. The data is collected by watching the film, underlining the cultural words, and classifying and tabulating the selected data in the source and target text. The film has 12 data of cultural words, which are classified into ecology, material, social, and social-political organization cultural categories. It is also found that transference, naturalization, couplet, and synonymy are categorized based on the theory. In addition, it is found that 6 data are readable, 4 are less readable, and 2 are not readable. Therefore, retaining the readability and meaning of the original text is still needed to be increased to bridge to overcome the lack of meaning in the target language as great different cultures are found, and the readability of cultural words’ translation shows that the original word plays a crucial role.
Gender and Power Relations in Aisha Saeed’s Amal Unbound Fahri, Albi; Rosida, Ida
Muslim English Literature Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023): Muslim English Literature
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15408/mel.v2i1.29294

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This paper discusses the power relation and gender in the novel Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed (2018). This study focuses on the four main characters, Amal, Abu, Jawad, and Baji, in which  Abu, Amal ‘s father, has a relationship that puts her as a subordinate one as well as Jawad, who has the power from his economic aspect. The restriction experienced by a female character, Amal, became a gender issue regarding the oppression of women, which must be surrendered to certain power circumstances. This research explores the power relations between female and male characters and their effect on gender. This study uses a qualitative method and applies Michel Foucault's theory of power relations and the concept of gender. The results show that Amal’s resistance is echoed in the desire to destroy the power structure that put Jawad as the highest authority holder. Amal prioritizes resistance to free her choice in her gender identity, and power relations are obliged to change with the resistance. Power in this discourse installs itself and produces real material effects, which social power structure and the prescribed gender norms also affect the relationship between characters. Power relations exist as the main female character, Amal has a certain relationship with the other main male characters and another female character. The power comes from the relation then brings oppression toward women. Power is compiled, established, and realized through certain knowledge and discourse. In addition, Amal’s appearance, which represents her gender identity, also indicates resistance toward the oppression she experienced. To conclude, subordination and oppression toward women are undeniable, as men are socially and culturally designed to be powerful. Meanwhile, women are powerless. 
Homesickness in Dur E Aziz Amna's American Fever Attiba, Khoirotul; Djohar, Hasnul Insani; Savira, Putri; Salsabila, Yasmina Shafa
Muslim English Literature Vol. 2 No. 2 (2023): Muslim English Literature
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15408/mel.v2i2.30012

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This study discusses the main sources of homesickness among the characters as the loss of family and culture, the unattainable dream of returning home, and the challenges of adapting to a new environment. The research reveals factors causing homesickness experienced by diaspora characters, as seen in the protagonist of Dur e Aziz Amna’s American Fever. The researchers analyze the issues of homesickness with diaspora literary perspectives. This study engages with diaspora studies, especially Stuart Hall's theory of cultural identity and diaspora. The result shows that diaspora individuals typically have expectations and admiration of their cherished homeland to overcome their homesickness. The cultural differences, the expectation for home, and the unfamiliarity with the home create a longing for the homeland's homesickness. The more the characters spend time in the United States, the more they realize how distant it is from what they had expected about the beauty of their homeland. Thus, they keep admiring their homelands and accept the differences and unfamiliarity to overcome their homesickness.
Freud's Mourning and Melancholia and Arissa’s Loss and Grief in Shaila Abdullah’s Saffron Dreams Setiawan, Badrani Tatsbita Aqwiya; Ali, Bulan Ramadhani; Tanjung, Anita Anastasyah; Elzieny, Asmaa Muhammad Othman
Muslim English Literature Vol. 3 No. 2 (2024): Muslim English Literature
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15408/mel.v3i2.30035

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This research aims to discover the mourning and melancholia that the main character, Arissa, experiences in Shaila Abdullah’s Saffron Dreams (2009). By using close textual analysis, we investigate the ideas of loss and grief as well as the struggles of Arissa lives in the US and how she solves her problems. This research engages with Sigmund Freud’s theory that discusses about mourning and melancholia in Abdullah’s novel. The findings reveal that Faizan's death was the beginning of the problems faced by Arissa. She felt unable to live forward because she felt her world collapsed immediately and her dreams had vanished together with Faizan's death. In this novel, Arissa's melancholia appears whenever memories of Faizan come, and it affects her mind. However, the relationship between mourning and melancholia is formed due to Faizan's sudden death in the 9/11 tragedy in the Unites States, and the birth and presence of Raian have relieved Arissa's sorrowful and miserable since Faizan's death. Moreover, Raian is a significant factor in eliminating Arissa’s mourning and melancholia in the novel. Thus, Abdullah’s novel can be used an example to understand Freud’s mourning and melancholia that the protagonist’s experiences and struggles to solve her conflict within herself and beyond as a Muslimah-American who struggles to survive because of mourning and melancholia after 9/11.
The Dark Sides of Immigrants in Laila Lalami’s Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits Wati, Dhiviya Syares; Malik, Khansa Humaira; Sulistiawati, Yuni; Tayem, Nada
Muslim English Literature Vol. 3 No. 2 (2024): Muslim English Literature
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15408/mel.v3i2.30118

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This study focuses on the impact of immigration on immigrants, especially Muslim women or Muslimah, by engaging with a postcolonial study working within the framework of gender and immigration and using a close textual analysis. The researchers use a qualitative research method to reveal the reasons Moroccan women decide to illegally immigrate to Spain in Laila Lalami’s Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits (2005), investigated to reveal what it means to be Muslimah immigrants crossing the Moroccan sea to live in Spain. The data collected is in the form of quotes, narratives, and discourse from the primary text and the secondary sources. The storyline of this novel revolves around unlawful (illegal) immigrants from Morocco to Spain. This novel is about the struggles of four Moroccan immigrants who have no place and space to live either in their homeland or in the host land. In this study, the theme of 'immigrant Muslimah' leads researchers to the conclusion that the novel uses the dark sides of being immigrants who have the desire to reject white officers and politicians who tend to blame immigrant Muslimah as a problem instead of the victim of global transitional capitalism and ‘patriarchism’. 
Re-identifying Muslimah Identity in Sabeeha Rehman’s Threading My Prayer Rug Bhagat, Diksha; Vohra, Anupama
Muslim English Literature Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): Muslim English Literature
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15408/mel.v3i1.30256

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Diaspora denotes people or a group of people who have been separated from their homeland and are resettled in a foreign land. Migration is a complex process; it is of different types depending on whether it is voluntary or forced due to enslavement, war, famine, or some other natural or man-made disaster. Globalization has influenced and increased the prospect of migration all over the world. As a result, people are more open to migrating to different corners of the world, especially for work and a better lifestyle. Against this background, the paper deals with migration and the resultant diaspora experienced by Sabeeha Rehman, a Muslim migrant woman from Pakistan to America. Her memoir, Threading My Prayer Rug: One Woman’s Journey from Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim (2016), deals with the struggles of Muslim women‘s confrontation and assimilation into a completely alien democratic environment of the West where the followers of different faiths exist simultaneously. Thus, this paper highlights the various experiences Sabeeha faces as a Muslimah or Muslim woman on religious and cultural fronts and her constant battle to retain her religious identity in a non-Muslim (dar ul-harb) country.
Combating the War on Terror in Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire (2017) Djohar, Hasnul Insani; Jayanti, Iin Dwi; Tayem, Nada
Muslim English Literature Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): Muslim English Literature
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15408/mel.v3i1.30854

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This paper investigates how Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire (2017) resists the ideas of the War on Terror by using symbols, metaphors, and irony. This paper employs a qualitative method particularly close textual analysis. It engages with Bill Ascroft’s theory of postcolonialism to reveal the resistance of British Pakistanis to fight against the mantra of the War on Terror, which led to anti-Muslim racism in Britain. In doing so, Shamsie’s Home Fire undermines the ideology of the War on Terror by using literary devices mentioned previously and by representing how the three protagonists use essays and news to fight against neo-imperialist policies. Thus, Shamsie’s novel delves into the slogan of the War on Terror, using essays and news to challenge anti-Muslim racism in Great Britain, particularly in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack in the US. This novel reveals the connection between British colonialism and US imperialism in periods of global transnational capitalism rooted in white supremacy.
Love Expressions in Children's Poems before and after 2000 Junaid, Syahruni; Mujizat, Aan; Sumarni, Sumarni
Muslim English Literature Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023): Muslim English Literature
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15408/mel.v2i1.31719

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This study explores the expressions of love in children's poems before and after the year 2000. Seeing the differences in the characteristics of the generation of children before and after 2000, this study aims to find out the children's love expressions to their parents through imagery used in poems as a reflection of Birrul Walidain. This research applies the technique analysis from Miles and Huberman, started with data reduction and presentation to finally come to one conclusion. Furthermore, the result of this research found that there is a distinction between love expressions in two different eras. During the era before 2000, the children expressed their gratitude primarily to their parents for their direct emotional bonding. Furthermore, during the era after 2000, the children tended to deliver their hope and pray for their parents, which portrays that the children missed the direct physical connection with their parents because there are almost no narratives that indicated the use of a physical indicator of imagery; however, they still expressed their loves by writing their wishes in their poems.
Deconstructing Hijabs in Sabyn Javeri’s Hijabistan Parween, Shenaz
Muslim English Literature Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023): Muslim English Literature
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15408/mel.v2i1.32492

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In the contemporary world of racism and Islamophobia, the Hijab is just the tip of an iceberg, while its meanings are far deeper and more complicated. These heterogeneous meanings of the Hijab and its wearer in the outside world are well handled by Sabyn Javeri, a Pakistani award-winning author and Professor, in her short-story collection called Hijabistan. Comprising 16 politically provocative short stories based on the metaphorical interpretation of the veil in the lives of Muslim women, Javeri challenges the single one-dimensional narratives of hijabi identity by presenting the real usage of Hijab in the right and wrong way within the current society. In each story, the Hijab, takes on a new role; for some it becomes a weapon to satisfy one’s urges, while for others it functions as a source of patriarchal oppression or a symbol of segregation from mainstream society. There are also a few who wear the Hijab as a badge of honor, while others do not see it as a barrier within their active sexual life. The paper focuses on these multi-dimensional meanings of the Hijab while critically analyzing how the characters achieved their goals while wearing the veil and how some are seeking their identity.

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