This study attempts to highlight the logical relation between Sufism and postcolonialism in Elif Shafak''s The Forty Rules of Love (2009). In her novel, Shafak portrays Sufism as a peaceful equilibrium that combines opposed features of life and gives its followers a second chance to live and enjoy life, away from fanaticism and social prejudices. This study shows that the polysemous nature of postcolonialism matches the Sufi multi-levelled mood of thinking or perception of religions, especially Islam. Both offer healing spaces for the marginalized and the oppressed and a new hope for liberation from the suppressive practices of the colonizer. Both represent a refuge or a space of resistance to any inflexible dominating power.
Helmy, S. (2016). Crossing Spaces: A Sufi Reading of the Postcolonial Status in Elif Shafak''''s Novel The Forty Rules of Love. Annals of the Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, 44(October - December (C)), 466-485. doi: 10.21608/aafu.2016.15878
MLA
Soha Helmy. "Crossing Spaces: A Sufi Reading of the Postcolonial Status in Elif Shafak''''s Novel The Forty Rules of Love", Annals of the Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, 44, October - December (C), 2016, 466-485. doi: 10.21608/aafu.2016.15878
HARVARD
Helmy, S. (2016). 'Crossing Spaces: A Sufi Reading of the Postcolonial Status in Elif Shafak''''s Novel The Forty Rules of Love', Annals of the Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, 44(October - December (C)), pp. 466-485. doi: 10.21608/aafu.2016.15878
VANCOUVER
Helmy, S. Crossing Spaces: A Sufi Reading of the Postcolonial Status in Elif Shafak''''s Novel The Forty Rules of Love. Annals of the Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, 2016; 44(October - December (C)): 466-485. doi: 10.21608/aafu.2016.15878
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