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Autore: |
Abdi Cawo M. <1970->
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Titolo: |
Elusive Jannah : the Somali diaspora and a borderless Muslim identity / / Cawo M. Abdi
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Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, England : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2015 |
©2015 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
Disciplina: | 305.893540088297 |
Soggetto topico: | Somali diaspora |
Somalis - United Arab Emirates - Social conditions | |
Somalis - South Africa - Social conditions | |
Somalis - United States - Social conditions | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Muslim African Refugees and Border Politics; 1 The Genesis of Contemporary Somali Migrations; 2 United Arab Emirates: Partial Belonging and Temporary Visas; 3 South Africa: Insecurity in Racialized Spaces; 4 United States: Slippery Jannah?; Conclusion: Muslim African Refugees in Perpetual Passage; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
Sommario/riassunto: | As a Somali working since high school in the United Arab Emirates, Osman considers himself "blessed" to be in a Muslim country, though citizenship, with the security it offers, remains elusive. For Ardo, smuggled out of Somalia to join her husband in South Africa, insecurities are of a more immediate, physical kind, and her economic prospects and legal status are more uncertain. Adam, in the United States-a destination often imagined as an earthly Eden, or jannah, by so many of his compatriots-now sees heaven in a return to Somalia.The stories of these three people are among the many that emer |
Titolo autorizzato: | Elusive Jannah ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-4529-4504-7 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910798075603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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