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Abstract This study critically investigates the type of discourse and the dynamics behind each discourse in two popular, literary works- The Haj (1984) by Leon Uris, and The Map of Love (1999) by Ahdaf Soueif. To examine the racist discourse in The Haj and its possible links with the racialized social systems in Western societies, the study employs an interdisciplinary analytical framework that includes critical discourse analysis and other theoretical approaches. This complementary CDA framework helps investigate the linguistic devices, and the discursive argumentation strategies used by a writer to convince his target reader of his group’s ideologies. It is argued that Uris’s discourse is manipulative. Through this discourse, the writer exercises a form of illegitimate influence on his reader. The Map of Love, as a counter-discou |