... each faced some of their most difficult challenges yet, from a downgrading of their citizenship status to economic collapse and civil war. An increasingly active diaspora has emerged as an important advocate for Druze interests worldwide. Between the ennobling Druze message of humanity’s divinely...

... United States Hurricane Maria colonialism postcolonial economic development trade globalization investment bankruptcy austerity diaspora migration 43 Hurricane Maria was a singular event in Puerto Rico s history. The storm struck on September 20, 2017, and left unparalleled devastation...

... Sargsyan Velvet Revolution protests democracy elections corruption civil society activism Russia diaspora 271 The revolution . . . ended the hopelessness, apathy, and indifference that had come to characterize the post-Soviet period. Armenia s Unfinished Revolution ARMINE ISHKANIAN When...

... relations inequality Fidel Castro Raul Castro Cuban Revolution Spain remittances economic reforms Cuban diaspora Afro-Cubans 69 Afro-Cubans, who were once considered the backbone of the revolution, for the most part are being left out of the island s new opportunities . . . Race...

... of the Muslim Diaspora SARA SILVESTRI The term Muslim diaspora is often used, in popular parlance, to refer to those Muslim populations that live in the West but are not native to it, and typically originate instead from the Middle East, North Africa, or Asia. Yet it is not a term commonly used by scholars...

...Hong Liu [F]or the first time in modern history, a rising China is shaping the relationship, transforming the diaspora's identity … Hong Liu China Southeast Asia diaspora Association Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN Malaysia Singapore Indonesia Philippines Vietnam overseas Chinese...

... refugees trauma diaspora political mobilization Kosovo Albanians Palestinians Bosnia Serbia Syria PERSPECTIVE The global refugee crisis has raised pressing questions about how to manage hundreds of thousands of people on the move and alleviate their suffering. These problems are mag- nified...

... The Regents of the University of California Alexandra Délano Alonso Mexico Mexican-Americans immigration United States dual citizenship assimilation hometown associations remittances Donald Trump diaspora 305 The disadvantages faced by Mexican migrants, the challenges...

... of the University of California Fiona Adamson globalization diasporas diaspora politics Eritrea Iraq Kurds India Sri Lanka Tigers Tamil Eeelam Irish-Americans American Israel Public Affairs Committee AIPAC Mexico Mexican-Americans A few decades ago, there was little interest...

...Frank J. Korom A new book seeks to explain how diaspora cultures interact to form new creole blends. From London to the Caribbean, carnival season can be a mashup of politics and heritage. Encountering Difference: Diasporic Traces, Creolizing Spaces , by Robin Cohen and Olivia...

... of the University of California Ebenezer Obadare Africa Internet diaspora public sphere Cecil Rhodes protests South Africa gay rights students 188 [There] appears to be a generally more assertive public sphere, with an ebul- lience strikingly in excess of the technological resources at its...

... pluralism democracy hindu right oxford proto-Hindutva curricula NCERT BJP Bharatiya hasan mushirul Gandhi assassination nanda diaspora anti-minority dev sen shourie tanika sarkar Wendy Doniger and Martha C. Nuss-baum, University of Chicago professors with decades of experience...

... or brutal domination by one community over another. © 2001 Current History. All rights reserved. 2001 The Regents of the University of California Israel Palestine Ariel Sharon Oslo Palestinian Authority George Bush Hamas South Africa Diaspora Intifada Agrowing chorus of dissenters...

... The Regents of the University of California deregulation diaspora e-commerce e-governance illiteracy India information technology Internet media New Delhi 162 This January the northern Indian city of Alla-habad hosted the Maha Kumbh Mela, thelargest religious event in the world. More than...