Synopses & Reviews
Focusing especially on Muslim Moroccan migrants, this book explores how Muslim migrants in Europe contribute to a changing European landscape. Based on the author's fieldwork and readings of media, government reports, and historical and contemporary records, it elucidates how Muslim migrants in Europe suffer from marginalization and Islamophobia while, at the same time, contributing economically, politically, and culturally to their host countries, as well their countries of origin.
About the Author
Moha Ennaji is a researcher at Cal Poly, Pomona, USA, and President of the International Institute for Languages and Cultures at Fès, Morocco.
Table of Contents
PART I: MUSLIM MOROCCAN MIGRATION FLOWS: PAST AND PRESENT
1. Moroccan Migration History: Origins and Causes of Migration
2. How Moroccans live in Europe
PART II: BEING MOROCCAN AND MUSLIM IN EUROPE
3. What it means to be a Muslim in Europe: Islam and Islamophobia
4. Women and the Veil Debate
5. How Moroccan Women in Europe Cope and Resist
6. Education and Language Issues
PART III: BECOMING MOROCCAN-EUROPEAN
7. Challenges of Integration
8. Identity and citizenship
9. Migrants' Contributions to Development and Social Change
10. Success stories