Arab Muslim Immigrant Women in Iceland: Immigration experiences and future expectations
In the last two decades the immigrant population has increased greatly in Iceland (Statistics Iceland, 2020a). Immigrants come mainly from Europe and Scandinavia. Recently, due to the war in Syria, Iceland has experienced an influx of refugees from the Arab world. The most visible symbol of these ne...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:4b33861d0487408a816c1caee322bdbc 2023-05-15T16:42:15+02:00 Arab Muslim Immigrant Women in Iceland: Immigration experiences and future expectations Fayrouz Nouh Andrea Sigrún Hjálmsdóttir Markus Meckl 2022-03-01 https://doi.org/10.33112/nm.17.1.1 https://doaj.org/article/4b33861d0487408a816c1caee322bdbc en eng The University of Akureyri doi:10.33112/nm.17.1.1 1670-6242 https://doaj.org/article/4b33861d0487408a816c1caee322bdbc undefined Nordicum-Mediterraneum, Vol 17, Iss 1, p A1 (2022) immigration refugee syria integration multiculturalism refugee crisis genre scipo Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2022 fttriple https://doi.org/10.33112/nm.17.1.1 2023-01-22T19:23:35Z In the last two decades the immigrant population has increased greatly in Iceland (Statistics Iceland, 2020a). Immigrants come mainly from Europe and Scandinavia. Recently, due to the war in Syria, Iceland has experienced an influx of refugees from the Arab world. The most visible symbol of these new arrivals is seeing women wearing headscarves (Hijab) in Iceland. There are cultural challenges involved in moving from an Arab country to Iceland, particularly because many Arab countries limit the participation of women in decision-making in almost all public and private aspects of life (Valentine, 2004). Arab Muslim societies are mostly considered to be patriarchal cultures, in which men have power over women (ibid.). Moving from this culture to Iceland, which prides itself as a leading country for gender equality, creates challenges. The present study explores the perceptions and experiences of Arab Muslim immigrant women in Iceland. At this time only one MA-thesis has been done on the self-image of Muslim women in Iceland (Guðmundsdóttir, 2012), which focuses on their relationship towards Islam. The intention of this research is to gain more insights into the Arab Muslim immigrant women’s post-immigration experiences, the social and cultural challenges they face in Iceland and how they deal with conflicting norms and values between home and host society. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Unknown Valentine ENVELOPE(-54.550,-54.550,-61.083,-61.083) Nordicum-Mediterraneum 17 1 |
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In the last two decades the immigrant population has increased greatly in Iceland (Statistics Iceland, 2020a). Immigrants come mainly from Europe and Scandinavia. Recently, due to the war in Syria, Iceland has experienced an influx of refugees from the Arab world. The most visible symbol of these new arrivals is seeing women wearing headscarves (Hijab) in Iceland. There are cultural challenges involved in moving from an Arab country to Iceland, particularly because many Arab countries limit the participation of women in decision-making in almost all public and private aspects of life (Valentine, 2004). Arab Muslim societies are mostly considered to be patriarchal cultures, in which men have power over women (ibid.). Moving from this culture to Iceland, which prides itself as a leading country for gender equality, creates challenges. The present study explores the perceptions and experiences of Arab Muslim immigrant women in Iceland. At this time only one MA-thesis has been done on the self-image of Muslim women in Iceland (Guðmundsdóttir, 2012), which focuses on their relationship towards Islam. The intention of this research is to gain more insights into the Arab Muslim immigrant women’s post-immigration experiences, the social and cultural challenges they face in Iceland and how they deal with conflicting norms and values between home and host society. |
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Arab Muslim Immigrant Women in Iceland: Immigration experiences and future expectations |
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