• QUDAMA KHAMEES HAMMOOD
• DR. VIDYA RAO

Abstract The social and cultural quandary and predicament of the female gender is primarily compounded of gender injustice, abuse and persecution among a plethora of constituents. The embedded belief in men, that women can be subjected to ill-treatment and that subjugation of women is their right has been held for long in the Islamic world. Women authors who have either experienced such atrocities or have witnessed them from close quarters, have endeavoured to bring to light, through their novels, the varied ways of resistance provided by women in different spheres of life. The works of Fadia Faqir, Leila Aboulela and Hanan Al-Shaykh, have portrayed strong women who fight back to take what is their birth-right – the right to live a dignified life in the manner they choose. Their resistance to inequality is a testimony to their grit that is willing to go to any lengths to secure respect and freedom in a society that denies them even the basic liberty to make decisions about their own lives. The acclaimed authors have depicted situations from love to oppression where strong-willed female characters attempt to express or liberate themselves through sheer will. The price that the women are ready to pay for their resistance range from disownment to escaping their country to sacrificing their lives.

Keywords: gender inequality, resistance, women, chauvinistic society, liberty

"Gender and Resistance: Exploring Female Agency in the Novels of Fadia Faqir, Leila Aboulela, and Hanan Al-Shaykh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no.b320-b327, June-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406142.pdf

"Gender and Resistance: Exploring Female Agency in the Novels of Fadia Faqir, Leila Aboulela, and Hanan Al-Shaykh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no. ppb320-b327, June-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406142.pdf