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Elusive Jannah : the Somali diaspora and a borderless Muslim identity

Title
Elusive Jannah : the Somali diaspora and a borderless Muslim identity / Cawo M. Abdi.
Author
Abdi, Cawo M., 1970-
Publication
  • Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2015.
  • ©2015

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Description
ix, 289 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
Subject
  • Somali diaspora
  • Somalis > United Arab Emirates > Social conditions
  • Somalis > South Africa > Social conditions
  • Somalis > United States > Social conditions
  • Muslims > Cultural assimilation
  • Immigrants > Cultural assimilation
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Muslim African refugees and border politics -- The genesis of contemporary Somali migrations -- United Arab Emirates: partial belonging and temporary visas -- South Africa: insecurity in racialized spaces -- United States: slippery Jannah? -- Conclusion: Muslim African refugees in perpetual passage.
Call Number
Sc D 15-1437
ISBN
  • 9780816697380 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 0816697388 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 9780816697397 (pb : alk. paper)
  • 0816697396 (pb : alk. paper)
LCCN
2014043030
OCLC
895500826
Author
Abdi, Cawo M., 1970- author.
Title
Elusive Jannah : the Somali diaspora and a borderless Muslim identity / Cawo M. Abdi.
Publisher
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2015.
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
Sc D 15-1437
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