“It is the unhealable rift forced between a human being and a native place, between self and its true home: its essential sadness can never be surmounted.” (Edward, 2002). To identify where is their home is a major problem for Islamic migrants, in particular for the second and third generation migrants. Unlike immigrants, migrants always are temporary works; they do not have passport and protection from the government that they are working. Most of them live in the country as an outsider.
From 1950 to 1990 is a massive migration era, most of the migrations is in France and Germany. Because after the Second World War, France and Germany as the main battlefield have been destroyed and need to be reconstructed. Also, as France and Germany used to the colony the Islamic countries, the migrants from these countries can …show more content…
In Inch’ Allah Dimanche, mostly focus on the problems of first generation migrants. Zouina struggles against her mother-in-law 's tyrannical hand and her husband 's distrustful bitterness. She tries so hard to adjust to her life in exile. To be honest, Zounia might be the lucky one because she finally finds a way to deal with the things around her; and she chooses to accept this, to live like a German. As for Aicha, Zounia’s mother-in-law, tries so hard to keep her religions, to not be merged with French culture. She is afraid to be alone; that’ s why she always ask Zouina to do things for her in order to feel like that she still in Algeria. To completely contradict with the French culture is actual makes Aicha feeling worse than before. Additionally, although Malika really wants to have a Algerian friends, but because of the loyalty to her own culture, she has to reject Zounia. Aicha and Malika are the representative of the migrants who want to keep their traditional culture and being an outsider of the
From 1950 to 1990 is a massive migration era, most of the migrations is in France and Germany. Because after the Second World War, France and Germany as the main battlefield have been destroyed and need to be reconstructed. Also, as France and Germany used to the colony the Islamic countries, the migrants from these countries can …show more content…
In Inch’ Allah Dimanche, mostly focus on the problems of first generation migrants. Zouina struggles against her mother-in-law 's tyrannical hand and her husband 's distrustful bitterness. She tries so hard to adjust to her life in exile. To be honest, Zounia might be the lucky one because she finally finds a way to deal with the things around her; and she chooses to accept this, to live like a German. As for Aicha, Zounia’s mother-in-law, tries so hard to keep her religions, to not be merged with French culture. She is afraid to be alone; that’ s why she always ask Zouina to do things for her in order to feel like that she still in Algeria. To completely contradict with the French culture is actual makes Aicha feeling worse than before. Additionally, although Malika really wants to have a Algerian friends, but because of the loyalty to her own culture, she has to reject Zounia. Aicha and Malika are the representative of the migrants who want to keep their traditional culture and being an outsider of the