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@article{196052,
        author = {B. Harshaavardaanan and Dr. B. Kathiresan},
        title = {Resistance, Identity, And the Politics of Voice: A Postcolonial Reading of Benyamin’s Jasmine Days},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {no},
        pages = {5-7},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=196052},
        abstract = {Benyamin’s Jasmine Days (2018), translated by Shahnaz Habib, situates the life of a young Pakistani woman in the midst of an unnamed Middle Eastern city during the Arab Spring. The novel interrogates themes of exile, identity, revolution, and authoritarian control, offering a fertile site for postcolonial analysis. This article applies postcolonial theory to examine how Jasmine Days engages with the intersections of power, migration, class, and gender. By focusing on the protagonist Sameera’s fractured identity as a migrant, the silencing of dissenting voices, and the contest between authority and resistance, the paper argues that Jasmine Days critiques both authoritarian nationalism and the neo-colonial structures that define life in the globalized Middle East. The article also highlights how Benyamin gives narrative agency to marginalized voices, particularly women migrants, thereby transforming literature into a tool of resistance against authoritarian and neo-colonial structures.},
        keywords = {Benyamin, Jasmine Days, postcolonial theory, migration, exile, Arab Spring, authoritarianism, resistance, identity, gender.},
        month = {March},
        }