Identity with/out territory: Sahrawi refugee youth in transnational space / Dawn Chatty, Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh and Gina Crivello -- The ties that bind: Sahrawi children and the mediation of aid in exile / Gina Crivello and Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh -- Food and identity among Sahrawi refugee young people / Nicola Cozza -- Refusing the margins: Afghan refugee youth in Iran / Homa Hoodfar -- Afghanrefugee youth in Iran and the morality of repatriation / Sarah Kamal -- Food and identity among young Afghans in Iran / Alessandro Monsutti
Summary
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 which forced migration and prolonged conflict have had, and continue to have, on the lives of these refugee youth and their families. This study examines refugee communities closely linked with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and a host of other UN agencies in the case of the Sahrawi and near total lack of humanitarian aid in the case of Afghan refugees in Iran. -- Back cover
