Revisiting Iraq: Change and Continuity in Familial Relations of Iraqi Refugees in Copenhagen
Keywords:
refugees, place, belonging, relatednessAbstract
For refugees, their coùntry of origin often provides
a strong source of belonging and identity, yet many refugees
can only maintain infrequent contacts with it. This article inves-
tigates how the sudden increase in relations with Iraq after Sad-
dam Hussein's fall affected Iraqi refugee women and their fam-
ilies in Copenhagen, Denmark. It shows that, while renewed
transnational practice in some ways allowed the women to re-
create links to their relatives and their places of origin, thus
affirming their Iraqi identity, it also raised questions about pre-
vious notions of relatedness and belonging and created a
stronger sense of belonging in Denmark.
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