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Cawo M. Abdi - Elusive Jannah: The Somali Diaspora and a Borderless Muslim Identity - 9780816697397 - V9780816697397
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Elusive Jannah: The Somali Diaspora and a Borderless Muslim Identity

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Description for Elusive Jannah: The Somali Diaspora and a Borderless Muslim Identity Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; JFFD; JFFN; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.

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 emerge ... Read more

Cawo M. Abdi’s nuanced analysis demonstrates that a full understanding of successful migration and integration must go beyond legal, economic, and physical security to encompass a sense of religious, cultural, and social belonging. Her timely book underscores the sociopolitical forces shaping the Somali diaspora, as well as the roles of the nation-state, the war on terror, and globalization in both constraining and enabling their search for citizenship and security.


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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816697397
SKU
V9780816697397
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

About Cawo M. Abdi
Cawo M. Abdi is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota and a research associate in sociology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Reviews for Elusive Jannah: The Somali Diaspora and a Borderless Muslim Identity
"This is a powerful and beautiful ethnography of members of the Somali Diaspora dealing with the opportunities and disadvantages of life in three points of settlement. Cawo M. Abdi gets very close to the subjects and depicts their outlooks, strategies, and trials in a convincing and rich manner."—Steven J. Gold, Michigan State University "Elusive Jannah provides a fascinating window ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Elusive Jannah: The Somali Diaspora and a Borderless Muslim Identity


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