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International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies - Volume 5, Issue 2, 2011
Volume 5, Issue 2, 2011
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Safe haven or limbo? Iraqi refugees in Egypt
By SARA SADEKAfter 2005 many Iraqi families sought refuge in Egypt, fleeing the repercussions of the US-led war on Iraq, including the spread of sectarian violence. In comparison with Iraqis in other Arab states, those in Egypt have received little attention. Using refugee narratives, this article aims to shed light on the journeys of some Iraqi families to Egypt. It also discusses the status of Iraqis in the context of the broader refugee regime operating in Egypt and the complex relations between Iraqis and Egyptians today.
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Changing fortunes: Iraqi refugees in Turkey
By DIDEM DANIŞThis article deals with changing conditions for Iraqis in Turkey. It examines the evolution of Iraqi migration, issues of reception and onward movement from Turkey. Research conducted among Iraqis in Istanbul is used to illustrate the recent changes in the patterns of movement, especially among Iraqis for whom Turkey is a transit country and who utilize communal networks as a key resource in a difficult environment.
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Iraqis in exile: Migratory networks as a coping strategy
More LessThe largest concentration of Iraqi refugees is in Syria. Here they are treated officially as 'guests', having no formal legal status. Facing increasingly difficult circumstances, increasing numbers of refugees attempt to move to third countries. Using research undertaken in Syria and Sweden, this article examines the pressures that lead them to undertake new journeys and the means by which they mobilize kin and religious networks.
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Displacement and statecraft in Iraq: Recent trends, older roots
By ALI ALIThis article discusses the relationship between state formation and refugees, linking statecraft – the 'art' of state building – and displacement in post-2003 Iraq. It uses the testimonies of displaced Iraqis now living in Syria to show how parties and militias in Iraq targeted specific groups, including religious minorities such as the Mandaeans. They created new forms of exclusion, forcing some communities to flee. In some cases, they compelled people to leave abruptly; in others, hostile forces gradually encroached upon the target groups. Some organizations had their origins in pre-2003 dynamics and were not the first in Iraq to use displacement as a means to implement a political design.
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Iraqi refugees in a Damascus suburb: Carriers of sectarian conflict?
More LessThe Iraqi exodus has invoked security concerns among many international observers. Sectarian violence in Iraq prompted fears that the new arrivals in Syria, the main destination country for Iraqi refugees, would bring sectarian conflict. No such development has taken place, prompting questions about whether Iraqi refugees embrace sectarian ideologies. Here I suggest that sectarianism has been actively resisted by Iraqi refugees in Damascus, offering explanations for why so many analysts have stressed the risk of 'spillover' of sectarian conflict. One central factor, I argue, is that a sectarian master narrative has been imposed on Iraq.
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Lessons learned: Palestinian refugees from Baghdad to Damascus
By TAHIR ZAMANThis article seeks to address the paucity of research on the Palestinian Iraqi community. Analysis of refugee narratives gathered at the Palestinian Iraqi Association community centre in Damascus reveals the dynamics of the refugee process in the context of local integration with the host community. It also considers the extent to which previous experience and memory of being a refugee acts as a social and cultural resource, helping to create a distinctive geography of exile and a means of bolstering welfare strategy. Mukhayim Yarmouk, a suburb of Damascus, provides the context in which social relations unfold, and where Palestinian Iraqi refugees renegotiate identity and space.
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Displacement and denial: IDPs in today's Iraq
More LessThere has been little sustained research on Iraq's internally displaced people. It is nonetheless clear that millions now live far from their original homes, many with little prospect of return. Increasing numbers are marginalized – marooned in communities of urban poor and largely ignored by government authorities. This article examines their circumstances in the context of the wider displacement crisis.
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REVIEWS
Authors: Eric Herring, Tareq Ismael, Professor, Bill Bowring, Eric Herring, Eman Alhussain and Joanna TidyCULTURAL CLEANSING IN IRAQ: WHY MUSEUMS WERE LOOTED, LIBRARIES BURNED AND ACADEMICS MURDERED, RAYMOND W. BAKER, SHEREEN T. ISMAEL AND TAREQ Y. ISMAEL (EDS) (2010) London: Pluto Press, 298 + xii pp., ISBN-10: 9780745328126, p/bk, £18.99
IZDIHÂR AL-'IRAQ TAHT AL-HUKM AL-MALAKÎ (1921-1958): DIRÂSAH TÂRÎKHIYYAH, SIYÂSIYYAH, IJTIMÂ'IYYAH MOQÂRANAH, MA'MÛN AMÎN ZAKI (2011) London: Dar AlHikma Publishing and Distribution, 504 pp., ISBN 1-904923-78-X, £15 (pbk)
THE LAW AND PRACTICE OF INTERNATIONAL TERRITORIAL ADMINISTRATION: VERSAILLES TO IRAQ AND BEYOND, CARSTEN STAHN, (2010) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 828 + Lxix pp., £42.75, ISBN-10 0521173957 and ISBN-13 978-0521173957 (pbk). Hardback edition, 2008
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY AND POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION: COMPARING JAPAN AND IRAQ, JEFF BRIDOUX, (2011) London: Routledge, Xii and 240 pp., £71.25, ISBN 13: 978-0-415-56397-0 (hbk), ISBN 13: 978-0-203-84341-3 (ebk)
THE POLITICAL ROAD TO WAR WITH IRAQ: BUSH, 9/11 AND THE DRIVE TO OVERTHROW SADDAM, NICK RITCHIE AND PAUL ROGERS, (2007) London: Routledge, 240 pp., £71.25, ISBN: 0415459508 (hbk)
RE-IMAGINING THE WAR ON TERROR: SEEING, WAITING, TRAVELLING, ANDREW HILL, (2009) London: Palgrave, US$80.00/UK£47.50, ISBN-10: 0230200087, ISBN-13: 978-0230200081 (hbk)
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