Traversing East-West Cultural Strives and Discovering Hybrid Identities in Nadia Hashimi’s House Without Windows (2016): A Cultural Delineation

Abstract

Culture is an art which beautifies the identities of people. It includes their language, lifestyle, costumes, food, behavior and ethical values. It varies according to the distinct places and countries. It is not constant. It evolves according to the generation, advancement of learning and technologies as they highly influence the people in recent era. But certain identities always carry its ancestors’ foot prints to make their culture alive and shine among other nations. Countries like Afghanistan is totally exceptional from these evolutions. They always stick towards their principles even the whole earth starts to step into Gen Beta. Unfailingly, their respect towards their religious norms, patriotism and tradition astonish the outsiders. At the same time, the questions like whether the native Afghan folks enjoy their social life? Do the children and women of Afghanistan live an unthreatened life? are they comfortable with their cultural principles? areunanswered. This article deals with the cultural conflicts faced by the native Afghans and the difficulties faced by the person who stands as the symbol of hybrid identity in the novel, House Without Windows (2016) by Nadia Hashimi. This article also clearly argues the role of westernized ideas which drives the native people to give up their blind tradition.