Being a young British Iraqi Shii in London: exploring diasporic cultural and religious identities between Britain and Iraq

Zahra Ali

doi:10.1007/s11562-018-0433-y

Being a young British Iraqi Shii in London: exploring diasporic cultural and religious identities between Britain and Iraq

Zahra Ali

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Abstract

Relying on an ethnographic research conducted both in the UK and Iraq, this article explores issues of cultural and religious identities among London-based young British Iraqi Shiis. Using Stuart Hall’s notions of ‘articulation’ and ‘new ethnicities’, I analyse how different realities and experiences of space and class shape young British Iraqi Shiis self-identification in relation to socio-political, religious and ethnic belongings.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	349-367
Number of pages	19
Journal	Contemporary Islam
Volume	13
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11562-018-0433-y
State	Published - Oct 1 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Cultural Studies
Religious studies

Keywords

British Shii Muslims
Iraqi Shiism
Sectarianism
Transnational Shii Islam

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Being a young British Iraqi Shii in London: exploring diasporic cultural and religious identities between Britain and Iraq

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