Browsing by Author "Adeeba Manzoor"

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    Freedom versus Oppression: The Motif of Veil in Sabyn Javeri’s Hijabistan
    (UMT Lahore, 2020) Adeeba Manzoor
    This research examines Sabyn Javeri’s Hijabistan and contends that the concept of veil is different in Hijabistan. Pakistani society is a male-oriented society and patriarchal values are prevalent. Sabyn Javeri has tried to portray this scenario through her collection of short stories in ‘Hijabistan’. Though Javeri touches the topics of veiling, patriarchy and suppression in Pakistani society, the main focus is circumstances in which the concept of male gaze is positioned. ‘The Laugh of Medusa’ will be used to explicate the text. The research explores the urgency for women to talk about their identities by using the weapon of writing. This research explores the distinction in male and female voices in writing. It talks about the ways in which women are suppressed through veil and their struggles to find their true identities. This research study also paves the way for other women to have their opinions and freedom in all aspects of life. The research study revolves around the ‘veiled identities’ of women who are considered as the ‘insignificant other’. In order to remove all the tags, Cixous and Javeri took a step to talk about the identity of women and gave them a chance to project their suppressed voices through writings. Javeri’s short stories inform the readers that hijab or veiling could be taken by different individuals differently. Sometimes Hijab could be taken as a symbol of oppression but at other times it can be a symbol of freedom. The study argues that Javeri’s veiled female characters are both subjugated by the hijab as well as some of them find a freedom inside this traditional attire which is akin to Cixous’ metaphor used in her seminal text.
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    The impact of dubbed Turkish dramas on university students
    (UMT, Lahore, 2018) Adeeba Manzoor
    Dramas trigger a giant effect on people that have a very high impact on the lump of society and the individuals itself. This study was delineated to pinpoint and evaluate the spectators who belong from University of Management & Technology's male and female students. This research study is characterized to watch the big impact of Turkish dramas on University students and to have focused on the adoption of Turkish, culture, dressing, fashion, hairstyles and norms. The totality of this research study is the students (male and female both) of the University of Management & Technology, Lahore. For collecting data for this purpose, 101 students were arranged or stratified on the essence of male and female both students. The purpose of this research study is to show the impact of Turkish dramas on University students through dressing, hairstyle and moral values of different people. So for this, male and female students of the University of Management & Technology, Lahore were selected as a sample and Cultural Imperialism theory was also applied for this research study. The impact of Turkish dramas also highlights that major segment of the individuals getting affected by watching Turkish dramas and then they are adopting their norms and ways of life. This research study highlights that mostly women are affected by watching Turkish content. 80- 90% of women got inspiration by watching Turkish dramas and there are very few men who got inspiration from these kinds of contents.