Muslim encounters in the global economy: Identity developments of labor migrants from Bangladesh to the Middle East

Ethnicities

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 518-535

  Kibria, Nazli ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh migrants; Diaspora; Gulf migration; Identity; Islam; Muslim migration; South Asian migrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349132733     PISSN: 14687968     EISSN: 17412706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468796808097077     Document Type: Article

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