LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 15:9 September 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

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The Horrors of Rape in Nomad Diaries: Life, War, And America
by Yasmeen Maxamuud

Mansour Mohammed Ali Faraj, Ph.D. Scholar
Dr. K. Rajkumar


Abstract

Unfortunately, rape has become the most unreported atrocious crime that the Somali women face in the Somali Civil War, and for this reason, Maxamuud takes on the responsibility to address and tackle this issue as she brilliantly creates space for the victims of rape and gives them a voice to articulate their suffering and pain resulting from the catastrophe of rape. Through the portrayal of such an experience, the novel attempts to increase the public awareness among people about rape as a crime of war committed against women. What follows is an endeavor to investigate the horrors of rape through the eyes of one of the female characters, Henna Gedi, and her shattered existence since she was gang-raped at the age of fourteen in Somalia, then her existence in both the refugee camps in Kenya and in America. Through tracing Henna’s testimony, her accounts with explicit representation of sexual trauma, and its effects on her life, this paper attempts to examine rape as a tool used for the violation of human values and destruction of an individual’s identity, a suitable approach for genocidal war.

Keywords: genocidal war, rape, trauma, pain, shame, guilt

Introduction

Through a wide reading on women’s issues, it is obvious that the rights of women are violated everywhere and every time. Not only are their rights of freedom, independence, property, equality with men through ensuring their equal access to, and equal chance in holding positions in both political and public life, and equal opportunities in education, health care and employment, but also their identities and their personhood are violated. And this is the most pervasive violation of rights of women in the world today because of widespread crimes of gender-based violent acts that include murder, rape, sexual abuse and harassment, forced marriage, forced prostitution, and forced pregnancy.

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Mansour Mohammed Ali Faraj, Ph.D. Scholar
Ph.D. Scholar
School of Languages, Literature and Culture Studies
SRTM University
Nanded- 431 606
Maharashtra
India
mansourfaraj@gmail.com


Dr. K. Rajkumar
Associate Professor and Head
Department of English
SGB Mahavidyalaya
SRTM University
Nanded 431 606
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