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An examination of Arab asylum seekers who feel compelled to package their tales of disenfranchisement and suffering to satisfy a deeply reluctant immigration system.

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This timely book humanizes refugees, particularly those from the Arab world, and will interest those studying gender and sexuality, asylum and refugee law, and Arab American studies. * CHOICE *
The Right Kind of Suffering is an excellent study about the broken system of asylum for Arabic-speaking people. It would be an eye-opener for students and scholars of legal and gender studies, as well as cultural studies. * Arab Studies Quarterly *

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Narrow Pathways
  • 1. “I’ve always been looking for my freedom”
  • 2. “My life is a Bollywood film”
  • 3. “I wish it was a happier ending”
  • 4. “Many reasons to leave”
  • Conclusion: Of Stories, Traumas, and Happy Endings
  • Notes
  • Index

The Right Kind of Suffering

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 03/01/2023
      ISBN13: 9781477326725, 978-1477326725
      ISBN10: 1477326723
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      Gender studies, gender groups Migration, immigration and emigration

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An examination of Arab asylum seekers who feel compelled to package their tales of disenfranchisement and suffering to satisfy a deeply reluctant immigration system.

      Trade Review
      This timely book humanizes refugees, particularly those from the Arab world, and will interest those studying gender and sexuality, asylum and refugee law, and Arab American studies. * CHOICE *
      The Right Kind of Suffering is an excellent study about the broken system of asylum for Arabic-speaking people. It would be an eye-opener for students and scholars of legal and gender studies, as well as cultural studies. * Arab Studies Quarterly *

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction: Narrow Pathways
      • 1. “I’ve always been looking for my freedom”
      • 2. “My life is a Bollywood film”
      • 3. “I wish it was a happier ending”
      • 4. “Many reasons to leave”
      • Conclusion: Of Stories, Traumas, and Happy Endings
      • Notes
      • Index

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