Book Review: Refugee Cities: How Afghans Changed Urban Pakistan

Sharma, Anshul Rai (2024) Book Review: Refugee Cities: How Afghans Changed Urban Pakistan.

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Sanaa Alimia’s new book, Refugee Cities (2022), documents how the lives of a migrant population are shaped by geography, national and international politics, and local power struggles, resulting in a continuous struggle for legitimacy. Alimia situates the micro histories of Afghan migrants in Karachi and Peshawar against the backdrop of two major wars: the Soviet-Afghan War and the War on Terror (the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks in New York City). The result is an ambitious work that highlights how geopolitics and post-colonial urbanism mediate the lives of Afghan migrants in urban Pakistan.

Item Type:	Article
Authors:	Sharma, Anshul Rai
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Social sciences
Divisions:	Azim Premji University > School of Development
Full Text Status:	Public
Related URLs:	https://saw.americananthro.org/pub/rn32t...
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/5656
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