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Abstract

This study examines the representation of women living with disabilities in Shahira Al-Hassan’s novel Cochlea’s Secrets. This is an important endeavor as it highlights fiction’s role in advocating for women with disabilities, particularly in the Arab region. Such a study is crucial for increasing awareness and support for women with disabilities, especially in literary writing. Also, worldwide readers can learn about the impact of Arab novelists in supporting women with disabilities. Fiction, like the media, plays a pivotal role in promoting the status of women living with disabilities and enhancing their societal role. By addressing this topic from the perspective of an Arab narrative, the study aims to highlight the contributions of Arab novels in addressing injustices against women living with disabilities and exploring opportunities for their empowerment. The research adopts a structural-formative approach by studying characters’ psychological and social relationships within their environment. This approach aligns with the study’s emphasis on understanding the portrayal of women with disabilities in the Arabic novel by examining the psychological impact of their interactions within society. The article also integrates a subjective narrative voice an explicit feminist methodology that validates lived experiences as both the personal and the political. Research in the Arab region remains incomplete thus leaving a gap in the understanding of the experiences of women with disabilities and their societal roles. A second feature of the research examines how this topic is portrayed in narratives by offering a fresh yet underappreciated perspective, namely Arab fiction’s portrayal of women with disabilities, their psychological worlds, their suffering and obstacles, and their potential for sustainable growth. The paper also seeks to reveal how Arab novelistic innovation bridges the gender gap, eliminates discrimination, and ends violence against disabled women. It stresses the significance of empowering disabled women for Arab societies to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by meeting their psychological and physical needs as one crucial dimension of sustainable development. Rehabilitation and empathizing with disabled women are crucial features of society’s growth and in achieving gender justice.

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