The New York Egyptians: Voyages and Dreams

The New York Egyptians: Voyages and Dreams

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Department

Cairo Papers in Social Science

Program

Cairo Papers in Social Science

Description

This research explores the journeys of migration and desire of Egyptian migrant workers, men and women, who were professionals in Egypt during the 1990s and migrated to occupy low-wage/low-status employment positions in New York City’s service sector. It focuses on their migration stories and histories, their experiences of contradictory class mobility, their production of households and families, as well as their racialization in the post-9/11 era. Cairo Papers in Social Science 30/3.

ISBN

9789774164088

Publication Date

Fall 2007

Publisher

American University in Cairo Press

City

Cairo

Keywords

Migrant Studies, Egypt, United States

Series

Cairo Papers in Social Science 30(3)

Disciplines

Anthropology | Migration Studies | Near and Middle Eastern Studies

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