TY - JOUR AB - <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> AU - Warda El-Kaddouri DA - 2015/1// DO - 10.21825/kzm.v69i0.17525 IS - 0 VL - 69 PB - Koninklijke Zuid-Nederlandse Maatschappij voor Taal- en Letterkunde en Geschiedenis PY - 2015 TI - Islam en "Heimat" in SAID's 'Ich und der Islam' en 'Das Niemandsland ist unseres' T2 - Handelingen - Koninklijke Zuid-Nederlandse maatschappij voor taal- en letterkunde en geschiedenis UR - https://openjournals.ugent.be/kzm/article/id/72045/ ER -