Everyday Conversions

Description:

Attiya Ahmad examines the practice of conversion to Islam by South Asian migrant domestic workers in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf region and how these women's conversions stem from an ongoing process rooted in their everyday experiences as migrant workers rather than a clean break from their preexisting lives.--Publisher description.

subjects: South Asian diaspora,  Conversion,  Social aspects,  Household employees,  Women foreign workers,  Belonging (Social psychology),  South Asians,  Employment,  Islam,  Women immigrants,  Asiatische Einwanderin,  Hausgehilfin,  Konversion,  Ausländische Arbeitnehmerin,  Südasiatin