The <i>Unbearable Arabness of Being</i>: Anti-Arab Racisms in the Human Rights Sector

<p dir="ltr">One unseasonably cold night in the middle of August 1997, I arrived in the UK with my parents and siblings as a refugee from Libya. Even though I was very young, I understood intimately and painfully exactly what the perilous journey my family had made meant. My parents...

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Demography
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refugee experience
forced migration
political exile
Libya
displacement
diaspora
human rights
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description <p dir="ltr">One unseasonably cold night in the middle of August 1997, I arrived in the UK with my parents and siblings as a refugee from Libya. Even though I was very young, I understood intimately and painfully exactly what the perilous journey my family had made meant. My parents were honest: we were escaping the Libyan regime’s violent crackdown on all forms of political dissent—which had already claimed the lives of many relatives and friends—and we were now exiles, unlikely ever to return ‘home.’</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Feminist Legal Studies<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10691-025-09579-y" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10691-025-09579-y</a></p>
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spelling The <i>Unbearable Arabness of Being</i>: Anti-Arab Racisms in the Human Rights SectorFatima Ahdash (22565390)Human societyAnthropologyDemographySociologyrefugee experienceforced migrationpolitical exileLibyadisplacementdiasporahuman rights<p dir="ltr">One unseasonably cold night in the middle of August 1997, I arrived in the UK with my parents and siblings as a refugee from Libya. Even though I was very young, I understood intimately and painfully exactly what the perilous journey my family had made meant. My parents were honest: we were escaping the Libyan regime’s violent crackdown on all forms of political dissent—which had already claimed the lives of many relatives and friends—and we were now exiles, unlikely ever to return ‘home.’</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Feminist Legal Studies<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10691-025-09579-y" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10691-025-09579-y</a></p>2025-08-31T06:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.1007/s10691-025-09579-yhttps://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/The_i_Unbearable_Arabness_of_Being_i_Anti-Arab_Racisms_in_the_Human_Rights_Sector/30541499CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/305414992025-08-31T06:00:00Z
spellingShingle The <i>Unbearable Arabness of Being</i>: Anti-Arab Racisms in the Human Rights Sector
Fatima Ahdash (22565390)
Human society
Anthropology
Demography
Sociology
refugee experience
forced migration
political exile
Libya
displacement
diaspora
human rights
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title The <i>Unbearable Arabness of Being</i>: Anti-Arab Racisms in the Human Rights Sector
title_full The <i>Unbearable Arabness of Being</i>: Anti-Arab Racisms in the Human Rights Sector
title_fullStr The <i>Unbearable Arabness of Being</i>: Anti-Arab Racisms in the Human Rights Sector
title_full_unstemmed The <i>Unbearable Arabness of Being</i>: Anti-Arab Racisms in the Human Rights Sector
title_short The <i>Unbearable Arabness of Being</i>: Anti-Arab Racisms in the Human Rights Sector
title_sort The <i>Unbearable Arabness of Being</i>: Anti-Arab Racisms in the Human Rights Sector
topic Human society
Anthropology
Demography
Sociology
refugee experience
forced migration
political exile
Libya
displacement
diaspora
human rights