Muslim Moroccan migrants in Europe : transnational migration in its multiplicity /

Ennaji, Moha,

Muslim Moroccan migrants in Europe : transnational migration in its multiplicity / Moha Ennaji. - First edition. - New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (222 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

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 -- Conclusion.

"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"--



9781137476494 9781349502035


Moroccans--Social conditions.--Europe
Muslims--Social conditions.--Europe
Immigrants--Social conditions.--Europe
Moroccans--Ethnic identity.--Europe
Moroccans--Cultural assimilation--Europe.
Marginality, Social--Europe.
Islamophobia--Europe.


Electronic Books.

D1056 / .M875 2014