Volume V Special Issue III August 2025

Name of Author : S. Vijayalakshmi, Dr. T. Alagarasan

Title of the paper : Women, Religion and Power Politics in Kamila Shamsies Home Fire

Abstract: Kamila Shamsie is a renowned British Pakistani writer and novelist. In her seventh novel Home Fire, the women characters like Isma, Aneeka and so on are representing as an agency to disclose the dark faces of patriarchal structures which are the constraints to women to emerge from the society. Shamsies women characters are great revolutionaries, and educated one and easily navigate their problems and rise to the occasion. Aneeka is the protagonist as well as a political activist who voices out for the welfare of Muslim people against the government policies which deter their freedom and growth. This paper focuses on Shamsies treatment of women against gender stereotypes, intersectionality and power dynamics. It also provides resistance as a powerful tool to voice out against the unjust scenario that prevails in Pakistan. It highlights the experiences of women expatriates to the Western world who are always misinterpreted pertaining to religion and power politics.

Keywords : Gender stereotypes, Intersectionality, Religion, Power Politics, Resistance

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Page Number : 230-233