Author(s): Sara Zainab, Dr. Perveen Akhter Farhat, Dr. Akmal Basharat

Abstract: This article analyzed the human psyche, their loss, and their sufferings in the war of terror with reference to the description of The Shadow of the Crescent Moon. It is about the hegemony of politicians and religious hypocrisy. Fatima Bhutto broke the boundaries of trauma and stress in this particular novel. Bhutto chronicled how injustice and enormity had driven her characters to different dispositions. Attention is paid to the behavior, feelings, and sentiments of the characters. This analysis discovers that human beings are always engaged in the process of development. The intention of this research is to show how Bhutto explored the experience of disaster, the consequences of war, and the process of searching for one's loved ones in which the characters indulged throughout the novel. Why was the atmosphere among the three brothers strained? Why did Mina attend the funeral orations of unknown children and create a scene there? Why was Samarra unforgiving? The answers to the above questions are discussed in this article respectively.

Keywords: War on terror, critical analysis, the shadow of crescent moon, book review.

Article Info: Received: 09 Nov 2020; Received in revised form: 11 Dec 2020; Accepted: 20 Dec 2020; Available online: 27 Dec 2020

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.56.62