Research Catalog

Title

Elusive Jannah [electronic resource] : The Somali Diaspora and a Borderless Muslim Identity / Cawo M. Abdi.

Author

Abdi, Cawo M., 1970-

Publication

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]

Details

Description

1 online resource (ix, 289 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Uniform Title

Elusive Jannah (Online)

Alternative Title

Elusive Jannah (Online)

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.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

LCCN

2014043030

OCLC

ssj0001530555

Author

Abdi, Cawo M., 1970-

Title

Elusive Jannah [electronic resource] : The Somali Diaspora and a Borderless Muslim Identity / Cawo M. Abdi.

Imprint

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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