Victim and Victimizer: Silenced Narratives in Abdul Razaq Al-Rubai’s A Strange Bird on Our Roof (2013) (Ala Satehuna Ta’er Gherib)

Abstract

Iraqi war narrative depicts the devastation caused by war and three decades of persecution. Writing about the Iraqis’ traumatic experience is a critical step toward allowing their wounds to speak for themselves and determining the root cause of social and cultural illnesses. This paper analyzes