The intelligentsia in my novels The Bagdad Clock by Shahad al-Rawi, and Khawab Zamistan by Gali Taraqi. ( A comparative study )

Abstract

The research deals with two novels from two different languages, the Iraqi writer Shahd Al-Rawi's novel titled Baghdad Clock, and the Iranian writer Gali Tarqi Khawab Zamistani's novel and its translation (Winter Slumber). The writer, Gali Taraqi, has a reputation for writing novels and stories, while the writer, Shahd, knew the narrator through her novel, The Baghdad Clock. The two writers endured the hardships of estrangement, the anguish of separation and distance from their homeland, and this was clearly reflected in their works. They are the icon of women seeking to break the restrictions and traditions prevailing in their societies. While preserving the link between life in exile and the homeland, as they did not make the ruling authorities an enemy, chasing their frivolous ideas in the legacies of unjust governments and prevailing traditions, rather the researchers believe that they calmed us down, in order to deliver their messages to society accurately and clearly. The two novels belong to the realist school, and carry within them the characteristics of the critical school that diagnoses the defects of society and exposes them to the public.