Le galérien, le révolté et le yuppie : trois trajectoires d’immigrés égyptiens à Abu Dhabi

Egyptian labor migration to the United Arab Emirates gives rise to high and changing expectations in Egypt. Yet, migrants are not straightforward agents of social change: their experiences are historically framed; they put up with discriminatory administrative rules; migration brands minds and bodie...

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Main Author: Lucile Gruntz
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Pôle de Recherche pour l'Organisation et la diffusion de l'Information Géographique 2013-10-01
Series:EchoGéo
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/13522
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Summary:Egyptian labor migration to the United Arab Emirates gives rise to high and changing expectations in Egypt. Yet, migrants are not straightforward agents of social change: their experiences are historically framed; they put up with discriminatory administrative rules; migration brands minds and bodies, as well as the spaces where migrants live or which they cross. The article deals with this complexity through a compared analysis of three cases of male Egyptian immigrants in Abu Dhabi.
ISSN:1963-1197