Historical trauma and symptoms impacting United Arab Emirates migrant youth

Q2 Social Sciences

Crossings Pub Date : 2018-10-01 DOI:10.1386/CJMC.9.2.187_1

S. Smith, Farah Nada

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Abstract

This study examines perceptions of historical trauma and cultural loss among migrant students at the American University of Sharjah (AUS) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The analysis focuses on 95 students who identified ‘homeland’ as one of the following nations experiencing conflict: Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Sudan, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and Tunisia. Our findings indicate that these students, having lived the majority of their lives outside their homelands and with no first-hand experience of violence, struggle with significant and frequent losses, and suffer with associated symptoms such as depression, fear and anger.

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影响阿拉伯联合酋长国移民青年的历史创伤和症状

本研究调查了阿拉伯联合酋长国(UAE)沙迦美国大学(AUS)移民学生对历史创伤和文化损失的看法。这项分析的重点是95名学生，他们将“祖国”定义为以下经历冲突的国家之一:埃及、叙利亚、黎巴嫩、巴勒斯坦、约旦、苏丹、利比亚、阿尔及利亚、伊拉克和突尼斯。我们的研究结果表明，这些学生大部分时间生活在国外，没有亲身经历过暴力，经常遭受重大损失，并患有抑郁、恐惧和愤怒等相关症状。

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Crossings Social Sciences-Cultural Studies

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期刊介绍： Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture situates itself at the interface of Migration Studies and Cultural Studies. The terminology and key concepts in use in discourses on migration have yet to be sufficiently theorized or understood from theoretical perspectives linked to cultural studies, although migration is intrinsically linked to questions of culture. The course of cultures at both local and global levels is crucially affected by migratory movements. In turn, culture itself is turned migrant. This journal''s scope will be global, with a predominant focus on migration and culture from the latter half of the twentieth century to the present-day. Apart from the inclusion of refereed articles, Crossings: Journal of Migration and Culture will include a section of reviews of films, music, photography, exhibitions or books on migration-related topics, interviews with cultural practitioners who focus on migration-related topics, and oral histories of migrant cultural experiences.