Muslim Arab Sudanese in Cairo have played a fundamental role in Egyptian history and society during many centuries of close relations between Egypt and Sudan. Although the government and official press describes them as "brothers" in a united Nile Valley, recent political developments in Egypt have underscored the precarious legal status of Sudanese in Cairo. Neither citizens nor foreigners, they are in an uncertain position, created in part through an unusual ethnic discourse which does not draw principally on obvious characteristics of difference. This rich ethnographic study shows...
Muslim Arab Sudanese in Cairo have played a fundamental role in Egyptian history and society during many centuries of close relations between Egyp...
"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...
"This book is a welcome contribution to anthropological debate and to the scant work on Sudanese transnational mobility." - American Ethnologist
