Exile in the Poetry of Adeeb Kamal Al-Din as a Space of Forced Alienation: A Socio-Cultural Study

Abstract

Exile is a form of forced alienation brought about by socio-cultural factors that affect the individual and place him or her in complete isolation, making it impossible to confront reality or adapt to it. The social conditions in exile differ greatly from those before it, and the cultural circumstances and their various outcomes are entirely unlike the culture of the East. Every country has phenomena that distinguish it from others, especially between the West and the East. For this reason, exile, despite its cultural offerings, proved far harsher than years of deprivation and need in the poet's homeland. The poet therefore attempted to escape into the refuge of religion as an objective correlative, but this too proved to be merely another form of exile. The religious narrative remains in the realm of the unknown, which is yet another form of disorientation and a new kind of alienation.