Revisionist Discourse And The Portrayal Of Islamic Mysticism In Turkish Literature:, The Case Of Elif Shafak’s Forty Rules Of Love
مجلة الإحياء June 30, 2020 لبعل فريدة Lebbal Farida
At time when the image of Islam is maculated by hostility, bigotry and – oftentimesbrutality, Turkish novelist ElifShafak steps up a with The Forty Rules of Love, a novel which juxtaposes the controversial bond between thirteenth century poet and mystic Djalel Eddine Al-Rumi and the ascetic Shams I-Tabrizi on the one hand, with the present-day romance of Ella and Aziz Zahara on the other,...