“We are so utterly othered that our hopes and lives mean absolutely nothing”: Rana Kabbani in conversation
The Journal of Commonwealth Literature
Published online on March 11, 2026
Abstract
Literature, Critique, and Empire Today, Ahead of Print.
Dr Rana Kabbani’s work,Imperial Fictions: Europe’s Myths of Orient(2009), is a powerful critique of Orientalism, specifically examining and challenging the entrenched narratives, stereotypes, and myths about the East (the Orient) that were created and ...
Dr Rana Kabbani’s work,Imperial Fictions: Europe’s Myths of Orient(2009), is a powerful critique of Orientalism, specifically examining and challenging the entrenched narratives, stereotypes, and myths about the East (the Orient) that were created and ...