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Ahmed and Rashid Bin Shabib (eds.)

Diaspora from the Middle East and North Africa

Communities, Architecture, Neighborhoods

From Iranians in Los Angeles to Assyrians in Sweden and Palestinians in Tokyo, this book highlights the diverse young and old diaspora communities of the Middle East and North Africa living all around the world. Drawing from the more than ten-year archive of Brownbook magazine, the book offers extensive coverage of the contemporary culture of this region and its diaspora.

Diaspora of the Middle East and North Africa is a portrait of communities who have planted roots in adoptive cities into which they have now blended. In the light of the ongoing discussion on migration, this publication is an urgent testament that migration from the region isn’t something new but a burning issue today.

From Iranians in Los Angeles to Assyrians in Sweden and Palestinians in Tokyo, this book highlights the diverse young and old diaspora communities of the Middle East and North Africa living all around the world. Drawing from the more than ten-year archive of Brownbook magazine, the book offers extensive coverage of the contemporary culture of this region and its diaspora.

Diaspora of the Middle East and North Africa is a portrait of communities who have planted roots in adoptive cities into which they have now blended. In the light of the ongoing discussion on migration, this publication is an urgent testament that migration from the region isn’t something new but a burning issue today.

Edited by Ahmed & Rashid Bin Shabib

Design: Moylin Yuan and Integral Lars Müller

17 × 24 cm, 6 ¾ × 9 ½ in

264 pages, 266 illustrations

paperback

2019, 978-3-03778-544-7, English
Documentary Photography
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Rashid Bin Shabib

The twin brothers Ahmed and Rashid Bin Shabib were born and raised in Dubai. Both studied economics and property development in Boston. They graduated from Oxford University with a focus on urbanism and sustainability of urban areas. Back in Dubai, in 2007, they began publishing Brownbook, a magazine dealing with modern society in the Middle East and North Africa and thereby wants to clear up false stereotypes. Since 2017, after the magazine was discontinued, they actively participate in urban design and sustainability in Dubai by redesigning old buildings and factories for social and cultural purposes and making them accessible to the public.

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