Authors:
- Zainab Salahaddin Hussein: Personal Website, Google Scholar, ResearchGate

- Lateef Saeed Nori: -

- Hamdi Hameed Yousif: Academia.edu, Google Scholar

Abstract: »The paper titled “Blood messages never arrive: A cultural study of Manar’s rape trauma in Ibrahim Nasrallah’s Balcony of Disgrace” is a thorough examination of a persistent issue, which is the cultural reaction to rape and rape trauma within Arab communities. The Palestinian writer Ibrahim Nasrallah’s Balcony of Disgrace (2010) narrates the story of a young protagonist, Manar, who works as a social worker in a high school near her home. One day, she becomes a victim of brutal rape—an act of revenge from her brother. As a result, Manar is labeled as impure and must confront the cultural doctrines of patriarchy. This study adopts a qualitative, deductive approach, drawing on Veeser’s concept of “The Moment of Exchange” to critically analyse how Arab culture perceives and treats victims of rape. To conclude, regrettably that the cultural conventions often blame the victims while exonerating both the perpetrators and the executioners, thereby maintaining a harmful environment that discourages victims from seeking justice and reinforces societal acceptance of such violence.« (Source: Journal of Education for Humanities)

Contents:

	Abstract (p. 1097)
	صخ (p. 1098)
	1. Introduction (p. 1099)
	2. An Overview: Balcony of Disgrace (p. 1101)
	3. “The Black Flag:” Balcony of Disgrace’s The Moment of Exchange (p. 1104)
	Conclusion (p. 1114)
	References (p. 1115)

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