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Hamid’s novelistic project is a creative examination of the relationship between the micro movements of individuals and the macro processes of globalisation. The micro movements of individual human agents are related to their political being-in-the-world and their geographical location. Using Sheppard’s notion of ‘wormhole travel’, I examine how geographical location affects political agency. In particular, I employ the notion of ‘positionality’ to say something meaningful about the way location and connectivity of cities, global conglomerates and populations affect the ability to develop individual political agency in a globalised world. Hamid’s novel questions the popular notion that globalisation is an external factor, which affects everything from the way we conceive of planetary geography to national and global economies and social action as such. I argue that political agency in this novel involves an increase in ideologically-informed will to affect one’s life as a citizen, or, to use Hamid’s own metaphor, to an ability to create ‘a firefly’s glow bright enough to transcend the boundaries of continents and civilizations’. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on label Muslim writing which has been used primarily for authors who are openly religious while writing on topics in relation to Islam and Muslim identity. Topics discussed include novels by authors like Mohsin Hamid, Michael Muhammad Knight and Mohja Kahf which are built around that how do Muslims find a place while constantly having to move, in the post 9/11 world; and apllies Alexander Beecroft's theory of the ecologies of world literature.

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The article focuses on the aspects of self-sufficiency and interoperative community in Michael Ondaatje's novel "The English Patient." The author looks into three main characters in the novel which are Hana, the English patient, and Kirpal Singh, and determine the ways in which they form a community. He also examines how the characters revaluate their existence.

The article focuses on the works of immigrant authors Michael Ondaatje, Ben Okri and Salman Rushdie. The author mentions that their novels "The English Patient," "The Famished Road" and "Midnight's Children" shows causes how postcolonial history cases existential angst to the novels' characters. He also states that the novel dramatize the important issues of freedom and authenticity.

The article focuses on the aspects of authenticity with regards to personalism. The author mentions that nervous conditions and identity crises caused by death and violence have led the characters in Michael Ondaatje's, Salman Rushdie's and Ben Okri's novels to worry about their personal selfhood. He adds that mortality also calls the characters beyond their alterity and freedom.

The article focuses on the aspects of communalism in the novel "Midnight's Children," by Salman Rushdie. The author looks into how the novel's protagonist Saleem finds for his meaning or purpose, which is the essential core of his personality. He also explores the character's desire for community and sense of responsibility.

The article focuses on the nervous condition of the characters of Michael Ondaatje's novel "The English Patient." The author mentions that the novel depicts the social condition of people during World War II and how the event caused ideological conflicts around the world. He adds that novel's characters feel helpless in shaping their identities and social conditions, as they experience existential crisis due to neo-colonialism.

The article focuses on the aspect of revolutions in Ben Okri's novel "The Famished Road." The author looks into the novel's protagonist Azaro, emphasizing on his existential problem and pursuit for freedom and authoritative power. He also explores the authenticity of the protagonists and discuss the spiritual meaning of life.

The article focuses on the aspects of human death and human existence in Ben Okri's death "The Famished Road." The author mentions that Okri shows an additional twist to the existential issue of death, contrast to the religious idea of death. He adds that Okri cultivates a new relation to death and freedom.

The article focuses on the aspects of existential struggle in Ben Okri's novel "The Famished Road." The author mentions that "The Famished Road" represents the material suffering of people, as well as their existential hunger in the light of post-Independence. He adds that Okri also depicts he conflicts between premodern and modern perceptions of existence in the times of colonialism.

The article focuses on the aspects and presence of death in Michael Ondaatje's novel "The English Patient." The author mentions that death is considered as an important antagonist to the novel's characters. He adds that its characters' awareness of mortality causes their existential crises, as death makes them perceive their existence with heightened acuteness.

The article focuses on the aspects of change and changelessness in Salman Rushdie's novel "Midnight's Children." The author mentions that in the novel, Rushdie explores how Indian people could possiblt build a new world from a civilization of wars, colonialism and liberation struggle. He looks into how the novel's characters understand modernity and how they experience existential crises.

The article focuses on the aspects of death as a driving factor for existence in the novel "Midnight's Children." The author mentions that the issue of death in the novel has been explored in an ironic tone, which characterizes death and despair. He adds that the author also satirizes the social and political systems, as well as parodying human behavior.

The article focuses on the causes of existential angst in postcolonial Anglo-American history. The author cites the novels "Midnight's Children," "The English Patient" and "The Famished Road," wherein violent history and death led to identity crises and existential angst. He also looks into how the characters in the novels longed for freedom.

The article focuses on the postcolonial criticism of Anglo-American literature, particularly during the generation of Anglophone immigrant authors. The author talks about the novels "Midnight's Children," "The English Patient" and "The Famished Road," particularly on how they characterize ideological transformations and conflicts during the generation. He also discusses how the authors depicted freedom in their literature.

In last 15 years the EU almost doubled the number of its member states, and enlargement became almost continous phenomena in the EU. Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union, supplemented by the Copenhagen criteria, provides the framework for enlargement. In this sense, the paper discusses the process of EU enlargement in the context of the new Lisbon solutions, conecting with the possibility of forthcoming EU enlargement in the Western Balkans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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