Muslim Moroccan Migrants in Europe

Based on the author's fieldwork and readings of media, government reports, and historical and contemporary records, this book explores how Muslim migrants in Europe contribute to a changing European landscape, focusing on Muslim Moroccan migrants.

"Muslim Moroccan Migrants in Europe forces us to revisit our understanding of transnational culture in some fundamental ways, and demonstrates that 'diaspora' is less a historical condition than a set of practices through which migrants pursue a variety of alliances and associations. In the process, the text takes into account highly divergent ways of imagining identity beyond the boundaries of nation and language. The research itself is quite imaginative and is framed throughout by subtle questioning and great analysis. It clearly establishes Ennaji as a fine cultural critic, as alert to the tensions and anxieties of difference and distance as to the yearnings for affiliation and solidarity.' - Alamin Mazrui, Rutgers University, USA

"The Moroccan immigrant population in Europe is large and diverse, spanning many EU nations. This important ethnographic study, undertaken by one of Morocco's leading scholars, captures the hopes, dreams, and struggles of ordinary Moroccan migrants as they attempt to work and contribute to societies in which they are generally distrusted as Muslims. This is essential reading for migration studies scholars, and for anyone attempting to understand the Muslim experience in contemporary Europe." - Marcia C. Inhorn, Yale University, USA

Autorentext
Moha Ennaji is Researcher at Cal Poly, Pomona, USA, and President of the International Institute for Languages & Cultures at Fès, Morocco.

Inhalt
PART I: MUSLIM MOROCCAN MIGRATION FLOWS: PAST AND PRESENT 1. Moroccan Migration History: Origins and Causes of Migration 2. How Moroccans live in Europe PART II: BEING MOROCCAN AND MUSLIM IN EUROPE 3. What it means to be a Muslim in Europe: Islam and Islamophobia 4. Women and the Veil Debate 5. How Moroccan Women in Europe Cope and Resist 6. Education and Language Issues PART III: BECOMING MOROCCAN-EUROPEAN 7. Challenges of Integration 8. Identity and citizenship 9. Migrants' Contributions to Development and Social Change 10. Success stories