Laila Omar
Biographic Data
| ID | 905157 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laila Omar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laila |
| FAMILY NAME | Omar |
| SIGNATURE | OMAR L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7795-4879 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Heaven without people is not worth going to: Refugee Resettlement, Time, and the Institutionalization of Family Separation
‘If I Knew How to Speak English…’: How language shapes refugee mothers’ perceptions of past, present, and future in Canada
What role does language learning play in refugees’ memory-construction on the one hand, and imagining of the future self on the other? Using a temporal perspective on migration, I extend scholarship examining the role of language in the space-time continuum of resettlement. With three waves of semi-structured interviews with twenty Syrian refugee mothers (N = 60) who have recently arrived in Canada, this article examines how their experiences wit…
Foreclosed futures and entangled timelines: Conceptualization of the 'future' among Syrian newcomer mothers in Canada
Scholars have focused significant attention on geographic aspects of forced migration, as well as the economic, psychological, and cognitive outcomes of refugees’ movement across space. Less attention has been paid to temporal aspects of forced migration, particularly after refugees’ resettlement in a host society. Using semi-structured interviews with 41 Syrian mothers who recently arrived in Canada, I contribute to building theory on temporal d…
The Fragile Obligation: Gratitude, Discontent, and Dissent with Syrian Refugees in Canada
This article analyzes the emotional lives of Syrian refugee mothers in the first year of their recent resettlement in Canada. Drawing on two waves of interviews with 41 newcomer mothers, we find three main affective themes in their resettlement narratives: gratitude, discontent, and dissent. Together, they capture a reality we term the fragile obligation, which reflects coexisting conditions of migratory indebtedness, disappointment, and critique…
Listening in Arabic
This article reflects upon three developments emergent from a feminist approach in research with Syrian newcomer mothers in Toronto, Canada. First, a feminist approach shapes how the authors build their research team and facilitate internal meetings as a diverse, multigenerational group open to learning from others. Second, a feminist approach requires that the authors center mothers' words through the critical practice of ensuring shared Arabic …
The Fragile Obligation: Gratitude, Discontent, and Dissent with Syrian Refugees in Canada
This article analyzes the emotional lives of Syrian refugee mothers in the first year of their recent resettlement in Canada. Drawing on two waves of interviews with 41 newcomer mothers, we find three main affective themes in their resettlement narratives: gratitude, discontent, and dissent. Together, they capture a reality we term the fragile obligation, which reflects coexisting conditions of migratory indebtedness, disappointment, and critique…
Heaven without people is not worth going to: Refugee Resettlement, Time, and the Institutionalization of Family Separation
Foreclosed futures and entangled timelines: Conceptualization of the 'future' among Syrian newcomer mothers in Canada
Scholars have focused significant attention on geographic aspects of forced migration, as well as the economic, psychological, and cognitive outcomes of refugees’ movement across space. Less attention has been paid to temporal aspects of forced migration, particularly after refugees’ resettlement in a host society. Using semi-structured interviews with 41 Syrian mothers who recently arrived in Canada, I contribute to building theory on temporal d…
Listening in Arabic
This article reflects upon three developments emergent from a feminist approach in research with Syrian newcomer mothers in Toronto, Canada. First, a feminist approach shapes how the authors build their research team and facilitate internal meetings as a diverse, multigenerational group open to learning from others. Second, a feminist approach requires that the authors center mothers' words through the critical practice of ensuring shared Arabic …
Listening in Arabic
This article reflects upon three developments emergent from a feminist approach in research with Syrian newcomer mothers in Toronto, Canada. First, a feminist approach shapes how the authors build their research team and facilitate internal meetings as a diverse, multigenerational group open to learning from others. Second, a feminist approach requires that the authors center mothers' words through the critical practice of ensuring shared Arabic …
The Fragile Obligation: Gratitude, Discontent, and Dissent with Syrian Refugees in Canada
This article analyzes the emotional lives of Syrian refugee mothers in the first year of their recent resettlement in Canada. Drawing on two waves of interviews with 41 newcomer mothers, we find three main affective themes in their resettlement narratives: gratitude, discontent, and dissent. Together, they capture a reality we term the fragile obligation, which reflects coexisting conditions of migratory indebtedness, disappointment, and critique…
Foreclosed futures and entangled timelines: Conceptualization of the 'future' among Syrian newcomer mothers in Canada
Scholars have focused significant attention on geographic aspects of forced migration, as well as the economic, psychological, and cognitive outcomes of refugees’ movement across space. Less attention has been paid to temporal aspects of forced migration, particularly after refugees’ resettlement in a host society. Using semi-structured interviews with 41 Syrian mothers who recently arrived in Canada, I contribute to building theory on temporal d…
‘If I Knew How to Speak English…’: How language shapes refugee mothers’ perceptions of past, present, and future in Canada
What role does language learning play in refugees’ memory-construction on the one hand, and imagining of the future self on the other? Using a temporal perspective on migration, I extend scholarship examining the role of language in the space-time continuum of resettlement. With three waves of semi-structured interviews with twenty Syrian refugee mothers (N = 60) who have recently arrived in Canada, this article examines how their experiences wit…
Heaven without people is not worth going to: Refugee Resettlement, Time, and the Institutionalization of Family Separation
Migration, Refugees, and Integration (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Refugee (4 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (3 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Law (2 works)