Otherness female identity in the novel "Dancing in a broken mirror" by Mehri Yalfani based on post-colonial theory

Populism and imperialism use similar forms of domination against women who are considered subordinate and different, which are similar and parallel to each other in many dimensions. The novel "Dancing in a Broken Mirror", written by Mehri Yalfani, an Iranian immigrant woman writer, tries to convince the traditional society of Iran and the modern society of its host, Canada, to listen to its opposition. He, who was always considered a second-hand, alien, Subaltern and other element by his family and society throughout his life, deals with this category in his novel and has a critical approach towards both traditional and modern host societies. In this article, the answer to the question of the manifestation of "otherness" and the identity of immigrant women from two general perspectives in this novel has been analyzed interpretatively and descriptively, and it shows that not only in the traditional patriarchal society, the man is the main decision-maker in all matters. It is for women and women lose their human identity as Other, but also in the modern host society, immigrants, both men and women, and women in particular, are viewed as inferior and they must be subject to the system and culture that It is approved and emphasized by the western society, and it is among these other ideas that the dual character and identity of migrant women is formed, which leads them to a kind of inevitable regret from migration.