Home and Sense of Belonging among Iraqi Kurds in the UK

Ali Zalme obtained his PhD in sociology from UWE-Bristol and is an independent researcher.

The way diasporic communities in the West see themselves, and the extent to which they feel they belong, have become hot topics in recent days. This innovative, sensitive, and compellingly readable case study of the Kurds of Bristol, England questions some long-held assumptions not only about Kurdish identity but about ethnic identity more generally. The author -an Iraqi Kurd who sees himself as a member of 'a diaspora within a diaspora' - is well placed to provide new insights into the way family dynamics, gender and personal histories inform peoples' sense of themselves.

• Chapter 1: Reflections on Theory and Methodology Chapter 2: Historical and Political Background of the Kurdish StruggleChapter 3: Literature Review: Debating Diaspora Chapter 4: Imagining and Conceptualising the Idea of ‘Home’ among Iraqi-Kurds Generations in DiasporaChapter 5: The Dynamic Identities of Kurdish Women in Diasporas Chapter 6: Iraqi-Kurdish in the UK: A State of Limbo