Scriptotherapy as Resistance: Tracing Generational Trauma in Hala Alyan’s Salt Houses

Hunufa Nasir

Vol-10,Issue-5,September - October 2025

Author: Hunufa Nasir

Keywords: Displacement, Exile, Palestine, Resistance, Trauma

Abstract: The Israel-Palestine conflict emerges as one of the long-lasting and most divisive wars of the contemporary age, which is defined by continuing cycles of bloodshed, territorial disputes, and ingrained historical grudges. Amidst this intricate terrain, the Palestine resistance movement has surfaced as a pivotal agent championing equity, autonomy, and release for the Palestinian people. This study examines scriptotherapy as a form of resistance by analyzing Hala Alyan’s Salt Houses in depth, tracking the deep patterns of intergenerational trauma and evaluating how writing becomes a location for negotiating identity and sustaining the Palestinian narrative. Moreover, the text provides a comprehensive overview of the state of Palestinian literature after the Al-Nakba conflict and the emergence of novel memoirs that became recognized as life stories. The study promotes a greater awareness of the human cost of the conflict and the aspirations for dignity and self-determination that drive the Palestinian struggle by elevating Palestinian voices and experiences.

Article Info: Received: 06 Aug 2025; Received in revised form: 02 Sep 2025; Accepted: 05 Sep 2025; Available online: 10 Sep 2025

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.105.10