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Diasporas of the Modern Middle East

Gorman, Anthony, Kasbarian, Sossie

2015

Overview

Explores the changing conceptions and practice of diaspora in the modern Middle East. Approaching the Middle East through the lens of Diaspora Studies, the 11 detailed case studies in this volume explore the experiences of different diasporic communities in and of the region, and look at the changing conceptions and practice of diaspora in the modern Middle East. In situating these different communities within their own narratives - of conflict, resistance, war, genocide, persecution, displacement, migration - these studies stress both the common elements of diaspora but also their individual specificity in a way that challenges, complements and at times subverts the dominant nationalist historiography of the region. Case studies include Greek Orthodox communities in Syria and Turkey, the late Ottoman elites, the Ossetians in Turkey, the Italians of Egypt, the Cypriot Armenian community, Armenian diasporic tourism in Turkey, Palestinians in Lebanon, Malayalees in the Gulf, Iraqis in Egypt, and Lebanese diaspora literature.

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Subject: Arabs -- Foreign countries / Emigration and immigration / History / HISTORY / Essays / HISTORY / Middle East / General / Iranians -- Foreign countries / Islamic Studies / Middle East / Middle East -- Emigration and immigration / Religion / RELIGION / Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings / Southeast Asia -- Emigration and immigration
• ISBN: 9780748686100, 074868610X