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Ken R. Crane. Iraqi Refugees in the United States
Iraqi Refugees in the United States. The Enduring Effects of the War on Terror
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Belonging and Displacement
Belonging and Loss
Exile and Contingent Belonging
The Social Construction of the Worthy Refugee
2. Work, Autonomy, Belonging
Work and Belonging in the Great Recession
More Misery in the United States
“America Is a Money Country”
3 “Just Trust Us”
“Keeping Certain Stuff”
Relationships
Thiqa: “Just Trust Us”
Faith, Family, and Communal Belonging
“Family Is Everything”
A Conversation with Women about Families
4. Two Kinds of Citizens
5 “Where Are the Americans?”
Latinx Inland Empire
Bridge People
Walls
“Who Are the Americans?”: Youth, Race, and Citizenship
6. Belonging 2.015
Belonging and the Inner War on Terror
Finding Belonging in the Post-2015 US
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Methodological Appendix
Fieldwork Practices
Interviewing Methods
Focus Groups
Qualitative Data Analysis
Notes. Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Belonging and Displacement
Chapter 2. Work, Autonomy, Belonging
Chapter 3. “Just Trust Us”
Chapter 4. Two Kinds of Citizens
Chapter 5. “Where Are the Americans?”
Chapter 6. Belonging 2.015
Conclusion
Methodological Appendix
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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Ken R. Crane
New York University Press
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Yousef and Nuha had rented a house in Aleppo for six months, thinking that they would be able to return to Iraq in a few months. Two years later, they were still in Aleppo, where Nuha delivered their youngest child. They had not expected to be in Syria this long. But the news from Iraq still wasn’t good: “We realized that Iraq was moving towards the worst. The situations there were deteriorating. So, with this deterioration, the decision [to seek resettlement] becomes stronger.” Eventually the situation in Aleppo became dangerous, and Yousef and his family had to leave for Damascus, where he managed to find similar work with the help of a cousin while they waited for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to act on their application.
Suha and her father, Aodish, who were also in Syria at this time, found jobs in textile warehouses. Over time, this Chaldean family came to the conclusion that there was no future for Christians in Iraq. All of Aodish’s siblings had by this time left Iraq for Australia, France, Germany, Finland, and the US (San Diego). In 2011, Suha, along with her parents, brother, and sister, traveled to the UN offices in Damascus, where they were interviewed by US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials as part of the arduous security screening process required for resettlement applicants.
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