عنوان المقال عربي
"الدم يبتلع الأرض الخضراء": قراءة نقدية بيئية لرواية "عشتار في بغداد" لرشا فاضل ورواية "في القصب" لأيمي ميريل
Abstract
In recent times, ecological studies have increasingly been employed to promote environmental awareness across various disciplines and regions worldwide. This paper specifically focuses on the repercussions of war and political violence on Iraq's ecology, which has been greatly impacted by conflict. Two noteworthy plays, Ishtar in Baghdad by Iraqi writer Rasha Fadhlil and In the Reeds by American writer Amy Merrill, shed light on this topic. Both plays, which primarily center on Iraq, underscore that those who fail to appreciate and value human life cannot possibly regard nonhuman entities with reverence. Fadhlil effectively employs elements from Mesopotamian mythology to draw attention to the impending environmental disaster that looms over the region.
Keywords
Eco-criticism; Iraq war; Ishtar in Baghdad; In the Reeds; Mesopotamian mythology; Southern Iraqi marshes
Recommended Citation
Muhi, Maysoon Taher
(2025)
"Blood engulfs the green earth”: An Ecocritical Reading of Rasha Fadhlil’s Ishtar in Baghdad and Amy Merrill’s In the Reeds,"
Uruk for Humanities: Vol. 16:
Iss.
4, Article 45.
Available at:
https://muthuruk.mu.edu.iq/journal/vol16/iss4/45
