Elusive Jannah : The Somali Diaspora and a Borderless Muslim Identity.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (302 pages)
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.
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Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation. Muslims -- Cultural assimilation. Somali diaspora. Somalis -- South Africa -- Social conditions. Somalis -- United Arab Emirates -- Social conditions. Somalis -- United States -- Social conditions.