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Moving through the Violence: Yemeni Migrants and the Reconstruction of Lifeworlds in Cairo
This Master’s thesis is based on an ethnographic study, following the lives of a small number of Yemeni people rebuilding their lives in Cairo. Their displacement is the consequence of many factors not least the outbreak of war in 2014. In response to this, I ask: In the midst of ongoing conflict, h...
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| description | This Master’s thesis is based on an ethnographic study, following the lives of a small number of Yemeni people rebuilding their lives in Cairo. Their displacement is the consequence of many factors not least the outbreak of war in 2014. In response to this, I ask: In the midst of ongoing conflict, how do Yemeni migrants go about reconstructing their lifeworlds in Cairo? That is, to ask how are Yemeni migrants in Cairo responding to the violent disruption of their social realities and what sense are they making of the consequences. The reorganisation of social realities disrupted by conflict means that Yemenis are adapting their habits and the mundane aspects of life to new surroundings and according to ever-changing possibilities. Attention to the minutiae of life reveals the relations between Yemenis and a range of actors imposing themselves in their social and political lives. I describe how Yemen’s social structures continue to exert considerable influence on Yemeni lives in Cairo. Furthermore, Yemeni institutions like schools and weddings are being reconstructed and reanimated from afar to ensure that Yemen continues for those who have been forced to leave. However, as Yemeni people in Cairo come to terms with the consequences of years of conflict, they must also address what the conflict means for those identifications they hold most dear. This thesis reveals the uncertainty of nationalist narratives of unity and the problematic legacy of certain nationalist symbols. For young Yemeni men and women, dealing with ambiguity and liminality of life in Cairo takes place alongside the fight for greater representation and the power to determine their place in whatever form Yemen’s future social reality takes. |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-3242 Moving through the Violence: Yemeni Migrants and the Reconstruction of Lifeworlds in Cairo Hearn, Jonathan This Master’s thesis is based on an ethnographic study, following the lives of a small number of Yemeni people rebuilding their lives in Cairo. Their displacement is the consequence of many factors not least the outbreak of war in 2014. In response to this, I ask: In the midst of ongoing conflict, how do Yemeni migrants go about reconstructing their lifeworlds in Cairo? That is, to ask how are Yemeni migrants in Cairo responding to the violent disruption of their social realities and what sense are they making of the consequences. The reorganisation of social realities disrupted by conflict means that Yemenis are adapting their habits and the mundane aspects of life to new surroundings and according to ever-changing possibilities. Attention to the minutiae of life reveals the relations between Yemenis and a range of actors imposing themselves in their social and political lives. I describe how Yemen’s social structures continue to exert considerable influence on Yemeni lives in Cairo. Furthermore, Yemeni institutions like schools and weddings are being reconstructed and reanimated from afar to ensure that Yemen continues for those who have been forced to leave. However, as Yemeni people in Cairo come to terms with the consequences of years of conflict, they must also address what the conflict means for those identifications they hold most dear. This thesis reveals the uncertainty of nationalist narratives of unity and the problematic legacy of certain nationalist symbols. For young Yemeni men and women, dealing with ambiguity and liminality of life in Cairo takes place alongside the fight for greater representation and the power to determine their place in whatever form Yemen’s future social reality takes. 2024-02-28T08:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/2202 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/3242/viewcontent/jonathan_hearn_thesis.pdf Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Yemen ethnography Cairo migration mobility identity conflict displacement nationalism transnationalism performativity Migration Studies Social and Cultural Anthropology |
| spellingShingle | Yemen ethnography Cairo migration mobility identity conflict displacement nationalism transnationalism performativity Migration Studies Social and Cultural Anthropology Hearn, Jonathan Moving through the Violence: Yemeni Migrants and the Reconstruction of Lifeworlds in Cairo |
| title | Moving through the Violence: Yemeni Migrants and the Reconstruction of Lifeworlds in Cairo |
| title_full | Moving through the Violence: Yemeni Migrants and the Reconstruction of Lifeworlds in Cairo |
| title_fullStr | Moving through the Violence: Yemeni Migrants and the Reconstruction of Lifeworlds in Cairo |
| title_full_unstemmed | Moving through the Violence: Yemeni Migrants and the Reconstruction of Lifeworlds in Cairo |
| title_short | Moving through the Violence: Yemeni Migrants and the Reconstruction of Lifeworlds in Cairo |
| title_sort | moving through the violence yemeni migrants and the reconstruction of lifeworlds in cairo |
| topic | Yemen ethnography Cairo migration mobility identity conflict displacement nationalism transnationalism performativity Migration Studies Social and Cultural Anthropology |
| url | https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/2202 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/3242/viewcontent/jonathan_hearn_thesis.pdf |
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