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Assyrians Without Borders: Middle Eastern Christians Towards a New Form of Citizenship in Sweden

Publication date: 2021

Studia Religiologica, 2021, Volume 54 Issue 1, pp. 63 - 80

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844077SR.21.005.13929

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Marta Woźniak-Bobińska
Department of Middle East and North Africa, University of Lodz
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2695-047X Orcid
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Assyrians Without Borders: Middle Eastern Christians Towards a New Form of Citizenship in Sweden

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This article presents a case study of a Swedish-based NGO, Assyrians Without Borders (AWB), whose priority objective is to help Middle Eastern Christians, mainly Assyrians/Syriacs, in need in their homeland. The paper argues that Assyrians/Syriacs in Sweden have developed three forms of citizenship – religious, political and democratic. All three forms are transnational and have the potential to challenge the idea of national citizenship as being the dominant model of citizenship. Participating in AWB is understood as practising democratic citizenship, a concept seen as the Swedish ideal of model citizenship. The paper claims that AWB empowers its members and helps them to construct a mutually reinforcing dual Assyrian-Swedish identity.

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Information: Studia Religiologica, 2021, Volume 54 Issue 1, pp. 63 - 80

Article type: Original article

Titles:

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Assyrians Without Borders: Middle Eastern Christians Towards a New Form of Citizenship in Sweden

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Assyrians Without Borders: Middle Eastern Christians Towards a New Form of Citizenship in Sweden

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2695-047X

Marta Woźniak-Bobińska
Department of Middle East and North Africa, University of Lodz
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2695-047X Orcid
All publications →

Department of Middle East and North Africa, University of Lodz

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