@article{kzm 72045, author = {Warda El-Kaddouri}, title = {Islam en "Heimat" in SAID's 'Ich und der Islam' en 'Das Niemandsland ist unseres'}, volume = {69}, year = {2015}, url = {https://openjournals.ugent.be/kzm/article/id/72045/}, issue = {0}, doi = {10.21825/kzm.v69i0.17525}, abstract = {<p>The article investigates two semi-autobiographic texts by the Iranian-German writer<br>SAID, 'Das Niemandsland ist unseres. West-östliche Betrachtungen' and 'Ich und der<br>Islam'. The article focuses on the relationship between Heimat and islam against the<br>background of SAID's exile experience. The writer reflects upon the way language creates<br>a safe space and functions as a new Heimat. SAID also defends islam as a spiritual<br>religion, but rejects it in the form of a state ideology. In addition to that, he compares<br>islam with the art of poetry and understand both as sources of religiosity.</p>}, month = {1}, pages = {43-55}, issn = {2736-2175}, publisher={Koninklijke Zuid-Nederlandse Maatschappij voor Taal- en Letterkunde en Geschiedenis}, journal = {Handelingen - Koninklijke Zuid-Nederlandse maatschappij voor taal- en letterkunde en geschiedenis} }