Introduction

Abstract

In the contemporary era, the dynamics of local, regional, and international politics demand that we critically revisit concepts of power, language, and colonial legacies. It is necessary to challenge and dismantle the narratives that have historically justified unspeakable crimes-wars, massacres, and genocides. Today, fear, terror, and political violence function as new instruments of governance for modern states and neo-colonial structures. In this framework, large groups of people are stripped of their humanity, their suffering dismissed as irrelevant, and their voices silenced...