Identity Reconstruction after trauma in Khalid Hussani’s “A thousand Splendid Suns”

Abstract

This research paper examines the role of women's gender and identity in Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns during a war. This draws parallels with gender expectations, oppression and the search for identity.  Drawing on feminist theory, the portrayal of lead protagonists resonates gender resilience as identity is socially imposed but under war-torn conditions, it is reborn through self-empowerment.