Elusive Jannah : the Somali diaspora and a borderless Muslim identity / Cawo M. Abdi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abdi, Cawo M., 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Somali diaspora.

Somalis--United Arab Emirates--Social conditions.

Somalis.

Somalis--South Africa--Social conditions.

Somalis--United States--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota ; London, England : University of Minnesota Press, 2015.

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4529-4504-7

OCLC:

917889295