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The psychological trauma catered by wars in the Muslim world contains universal aspects that are witnessed in the literary representations of such occurrences. The experiences of mass destruction and killings cause horrible physical and psychological damage to people regardless of their being or not participants in such wars. This qualitative research investigates the war trauma in the Muslim fictional representations by analyzing various stories of war trauma in Peer’s memoir Curfewed Night (2008), written in the perspective of 1990’s conflict of Kashmir. The theoretical concepts of acting out and working through by LaCapra have been deployed to serve as the philosophical bases of the research. This paper attempts to highlight the war trauma of less advanced and much ignored Muslim states like Kashmir, by exploring the causes and experiences of trauma, the victim’s reactions and resilience in face of harrowing experiences of violence. The study will be useful for the scholarly circles and students of literature to enhance their understanding and interpretation of trauma as well as continue further investigation in this literary paradigm.

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