Chapter 2 Kamak Worlds: “We do Business, We’re not Migrants!”

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface and Acknowledgements IX
3. Notes on Transliteration XV
4. Contents XVII
5. Introduction Muslim Mobilities 1
6. Chapter 1 Meaningful Movements, Meaningful Places: The Good Elsewhere 34
7. Chapter 2 Kamak Worlds: “We do Business, We’re not Migrants!” 76
8. Chapter 3 Furs and Piety in the ‘Evil Paradise’ 121
9. Chapter 4 Beyond Work: Making Dubai a Muslim Place 153
10. Chapter 5 Housing, Home, and the Good Muslim Life 191
11. Conclusion On Temporality, Flexibility, Positionality, and Connectivity 229
12. Bibliography 248
13. Index 268