Essays about: "exile"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 37 essays containing the word exile.

  1. 21. From Refugees to Citizens: What Happens to Livelihoods? – A Study of How New Tanzanians Utilize Their Citizen Rights

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Åsa Ljusenius; [2016]
    Keywords : protracted refugee situation; local integration; citizenship; citizen rights; sustainable livelihoods framework; new Tanzanians; Old Settlements; Ulyankulu; Tanzania; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to find out how attaining citizenship had affected livelihood opportunities and strategies among the approximately 200,000 Burundian refugees who after more than 40 years in exile became Tanzanian citizens in late 2014. It is a case study of local integration and development, analysing the situation for new Tanzanian citizens through the sustainable livelihoods framework. READ MORE

  3. 22. Contemporary Iranian Women Artists in Exile - Art Embodying Feelings of Estrangement between Place of Origin and USA

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Maysam Fahad; [2016]
    Keywords : Belonging; Contemporary Iranian Women Artists; Exile; Estrangement; Islamic Revolution 1979 Post Revolution; Cultural Sciences;

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  4. 23. EXILE 2.0. An analysis of Afrah Nasser’s blog authorship

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Lorna Bartram; [2015-06-09]
    Keywords : arabiska; blogging; exile; Yemen; connected migrant;

    Abstract : The thesis analyses how blogging in the Arabic blogosphere conditions political authorship in exile and how new digital media technologies create novel forms of presence at a distance. This purpose is fulfilled by an in-depth analysis of the works by Yemeni blogger Afrah Nasser. READ MORE

  5. 24. Khomeini and Sufism : Ayatollah Khomeini’s influence on the oppression against Sufi Orders in the Islamic Republic of Iran

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Parasto Taffazoli; [2014]
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    Abstract : Since the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran many Shia Sufi Orders, who are religious groups that exercise the mystical and spiritual elements of Shia Islam, have been forced to exile due to oppression from the government. The largest Sufi Order, The Nematollahi Soltan Alishahi Gonabadi are still in the country, but are oppressed by the Islamic regime; From an arson attack in central Tehran in 1980; The Iranian government being blamed to have imprisoned 11 members of the Soltan Alishahi Order for peaceful activities in 2013 (HRW, 2013); To the odd arrests and physical abuses of the Order’s members in March 2014. READ MORE

  6. 25. Capturing Intangible Cultural Heritage - Oral Arabic Storytelling in Hammarkullen, Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Valentina Cedernil; [2013-03-20]
    Keywords : intangible cultural heritage; immateriellt kulturarv; oral storytelling; muntlig berättartradition; exile community; exilsamhälle; oral Arabic folklore; muntlig arabisk folklor; heritage language; arvsspråk;

    Abstract : The vibrant suburb of Hammarkullen in Gothenburg, Sweden, provides the field of research for this thesis on oral Arabic storytelling in an exile community. In an effort to capture and document samples of tales that constitute an intangible cultural heritage whose survival is at risk, a variety of stories have been collected through interviews with, and recordings of, local Arabic-speaking storytellers. READ MORE