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The Influence of Islamophobia on Ethnic and Religious Identification among the Iranian Diaspora: Iranian Jews and Baha’is in Germany
Author(s): Sadjed, Ariane
Editor(s): Carment, David; Sadjed, Ariane
Date: 2017
Topics: Islamophobia, Jewish - Muslim Relations, Jewish - Non - Jewish Relations, Jewish Identity, Immigration, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Mizrachi Jews
Abstract: The chapter explores the identity formation and changing patterns of belonging among Iranian immigrants in Germany. The topic of interest is how different religious groups from Iran, whose traditions are heavily intertwined with Islam, conceptualise their Iranian heritage in the context of Islamophobia. Focusing on Baha’is and Jews, the chapter assesses how these two minorities cope with anti-Muslim racism in German society: although they are not Muslim, they are subjected to anti-Muslim sentiments due to their Middle Eastern origin. The chapter discusses ethnic and religious identification as a form of differentiation from Islam and in order to find social acceptance in the diaspora.
The sensorial life of amba: Taste, smell, and culinary nostalgia for Iraqi Jews in London and Israel
Author(s): Hart, Joel R.; Monterescu, Daniel
Editor(s): Edwards, Ferne; Gerritsen, Roos; Wesser, Grit
Date: 2021
Topics: Food, Main Topic: Other, Memory, Diaspora, Mizrachi Jews
Abstract: This chapter explores the connectivities and discontinuities of collective memory and sensory practices among two diasporic populations of Iraqi Jews in London and Israel. It shows how the Iraqi foodways of amba, a mango pickle condiment originating in colonial India, generate cultural value and social distinction across political borders. Following ‘the thing’, the research generates distinctive patterns of culinary meaning mediated through sensorial practices among migrant communities of Iraqi Jews. The chapter observes how culinary nostalgia is felt as a sensory form of memory that connects the body to place in the diaspora. Despite a melancholic reality of rupture, the recalling of eating amba connects Iraqi Jews in London to their homeland. Whilst amba’s arrival in Israel was marked by discourses of gastro-racism towards Iraqi immigrants, its popularisation has led to widespread consumption by Jews and Palestinians, and its distinct taste and aromatic persistence has generated gendered discourses that move beyond politicisation. The fragmented continuities between urban networks invoked by culinary nostalgia, taste, and smell offer an alternative reading of place. The articulations of place as sensorial mappings call for a relational understanding of food and the geography of city space.