RT Article
T1 A Study of Young Yemeni-American Muslims’ Identity, 2010–2021
JF Journal of Muslim minority affairs
VO 41
IS 4
SP 627
OP 642
A1 Kabir, Nahid Afrose
LA English
PB Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1795547200
AB Yemenis have a long history of settlement in America. First-generation Yemenis have mainly worked as laborers in agriculture and car manufacturing, and some second-generation Yemenis attend educational institutions. Today, Yemen is facing sectarian and regional conflicts, which are affecting Yemeni Americans. In this paper, I investigate the identity of young Yemeni Muslims in Michigan and New York. This paper uses grounded theory and is based on data from interviews with five participants that I conducted in 2010 and 2017; and arts and crafts of newly arrived Yemeni youths displayed in an exhibition in 2017. I conclude that young Yemeni-American Muslims are likely to identify with America because of their resilience and optimism. The policy makers and the wider society should make an effort to make America an inclusive society so that the new Yemeni arrivals in the United States do not feel distressed with the war-torn conditions back home.
K1 Identity Politics
K1 Culture
K1 Identity
K1 Young adults
K1 Youth
K1 Shia
K1 Sunni
K1 Muslims
K1 Americans
K1 Yemeni
DO 10.1080/13602004.2022.2029014