The Painful Lives of Pakistani Tribal Women: A Postcolonial Feminist Reading of Jamil Ahmad's The Wandering Falcon (2011)

Authors

• Mohammad Issa Alhourani, Al Ain UniversityFollow
• Muhammad Asif, Alasala Colleges
• Moustafa Mohamed Abouelnour, University of Khorfakkan
• Ahmad Mohammad Al Mahamed, Abu Dhabi University

DOI

https://doi.org/10.58256/e9qcp116

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2025

Abstract

Jamil Ahmad in his novel The Wandering Falcon narrates the miserable lives of tribal women in Pakistan. The novel depicts the violations of women's rights in the region and the absence of law to protect and secure the fundamental rights of women. This article aims to provide a textual analysis of The Wandering Falcon in the light of postcolonial feminist theory. The discussion concludes that the female characters in Ahmad's novel show agency in contrast to the radical and liberal feminist view of third-world women as passive and submissive, though women in colonial countries face double oppression. The study explores the various forms of exploitation faced by the female characters in the novel, which provides comprehensive details of the local customs and traditions that remain a source of women's oppression, and recommends raising awareness about tribal women's rights at both local and national levels.

Recommended Citation

Alhourani, Mohammad Issa; Asif, Muhammad; Abouelnour, Moustafa Mohamed; and Mahamed, Ahmad Mohammad Al, "The Painful Lives of Pakistani Tribal Women: A Postcolonial Feminist Reading of Jamil Ahmad's The Wandering Falcon (2011)" (2025). CoHSS Faculty Work. 42.
https://scholarworks.uaeu.ac.ae/cohss_facwork/42