Be Like Adam's Son - Theorising, Writing and Practising Peace in the Arab Region - Fernanda Fischione
9. Lā tuṣāliḥ in the Sīrat al-Zīr Sālim: A Hymn to Long-term Peace
Be Like Adam's Son - Theorising, Writing and Practising Peace in the Arab Region - Fernanda Fischione
Daniela Potenza [+]
Università degli Studi di Messina
Daniela Potenza is a temporary researcher (RtdA) of Arabic Language and Literature at Università degli Studi di Messina (Italy), where she also teaches. She holds a PhD in Arabic Literature from INALCO (Paris) and UNIOR (Naples). Her book, The Kaleidoscope Effect: Rewriting in Alfred Farag’s Plays, has been published by IPOCAN (Rome, 2020). Her research focuses on Modern and Contemporary Egyptian literature, Arabic theatre, popular culture and intertextuality.
Description
This chapter focuses on the aspects of mediation in the Sīrat al-Zīr Sālim. It analyses the remote causes of the war, the descriptions of happy life in peace and the several attempts to mediate, with the aim of highlighting how this epic legend fosters the value of peace, while maintaining that, in some circumstances, not to reconcile is the only solution for achieving peace.