The Sahrawi and Afghan refugee youth in the Middle East have been stereotyped regionally and internationally: some have been objectified as passive victims; others have become the beneficiaries of numerous humanitarian aid packages which presume the primacy of the Western model of child development. This book compares and contrasts both the stereotypes and Western-based models of humanitarian assistance among Sahrawi youth with the lack of programming and near total self-sufficiency of Afghan refugee youth in Iran. Both extremes offer an important opportunity to further explore the impact...

"The papers in this volume cast new light on Zimbabwe's difficult recent history through the experiences of the large numbers of Zimbabweans now settled across the world, mostly in South Africa and Britian. Especially in South Africa, building popular support for the Zimbabwean diaspora is an urgent political challenge, and one for which this book provides plenty of resources. At the same time it offers a creative and intelligent contribution to the wider academic literature on diasporas." - Prof. Jennifer Robinson, UCL

"The volume is to be welcomed as a considerable addition to the...

"This book is a welcome contribution to anthropological debate and to the scant work on Sudanese transnational mobility." - American Ethnologist

"In addition to writing a thoroughly engaging ethnography of Sudanese residents in Cairo, Fabos makes an important contribution to our understanding of the intersection of race/ethnicity and gender in the construction of diaspora identities" - African Affairs

"This rich ethnographic work complicates the notions of identity, loyalty, citizenship, and inclusiveness, showing how ethnic categories and cultural references can be manipulated to...