Resettled Iraqi Refugees in the United States

War, Refuge, Belonging, Participation, and Protest

Jared Keyel (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

196 Seiten

2025
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-753-3 (ISBN)

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The American war against Iraq has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and displaced millions of people. Between 20 March 2003 and 30 September 2017, more than 172,000 Iraqis resettled in the United States. This book explores the experiences of fifteen Iraqis who resettled in the US after 2003. It examines the long war against Iraq that began in 1991 and the decisions some Iraqis made to leave their homes and seek refuge in the United States. The book also delves into the possibilities for belonging and cultural exchange for this cohort of Iraqis and their political engagement with non-profit organizations, advocacy, and activism against the 2017 Travel Ban.

Jared Keyel is a research fellow at Colorado State University. His research explores the displacement caused by American wars, and opportunities for resettled refugees to engage in social and political struggles in societies of refuge. Since 2017, he has also served as a tutor, treasurer, and board member for the Blacksburg Refugee Partnership, a community resettlement initiative in Southwest Virginia.

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. Seeking Refuge amidst Decades of American War against Iraq

Chapter 2. How Does it Feel to Be a Refugee? Belonging, Precarity, and Cultural Exchange

Chapter 3. Enacting Democratic Membership: Finding Time, (Re)Distributing Resources, Building Knowledge and Protecting Rights

Chapter 4. Forms of Participation: Dialogue, Civil Society and Resistance

Conclusion: The Local, National, and Cosmopolitan Work to Be Done

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Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.2.2025
Reihe/Serie	Forced Migration
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-80539-753-2 / 1805397532
ISBN-13	978-1-80539-753-3 / 9781805397533
Zustand	Neuware