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Among Brothers and Strangers: Identities in Displacement in Iraq
Author(s) -
Siddiqui Nadia,
Guiu Roger,
Ameen Shwan Aaso
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international migration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.681
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1468-2435
pISSN - 0020-7985
DOI - 10.1111/imig.12478
Subject(s) - negation , state (computer science) , displacement (psychology) , acknowledgement , identity (music) , population , inclusion (mineral) , political science , position (finance) , sociology , political economy , gender studies , development economics , demography , psychology , economics , physics , computer security , finance , algorithm , computer science , acoustics , psychotherapist , programming language
Abstract Through analysis of primary qualitative data collected in Nineveh, Kirkuk, and Sulaimaniya Governorates in Iraq, this article seeks to explore the rapidly shifting and fragmenting identity dynamics at play in the emerging aftermath of ISIS and the impact that this conflict – and previous legacies of violence and repression – has had on relationships within and between groups, and between groups and the state. Communities increasingly position themselves against one another in relation to vindication of rights and protection. This zero‐sum stance comes from a history of mismanagement of communities and their respective grievances by the state and international partners. Formal acknowledgement of suffering across groups by the state may serve as a first step to break this cycle of negation toward one of inclusion, in the midst of mass displacement and emerging population returns.