Assyrians Without Borders

Middle Eastern Christians Towards a New Form of Citizenship in Sweden

Bibliographic Data

ID5725568
AuthorsMarta Woźniak‐bobińska (0000-0003-2695-047X, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume54
Issue1
Pages63-80
Publication date2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudia Religiologica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0137-2432 • E-ISSN: 2084-4077
PublisherUniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4467/20844077sr.21.005.13929
OpenAlexW3195161714
LanguageEN
References cited15

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

Aesthetics · Citizenship · Construct (python library) · Democracy · Dual (grammatical number) · Homeland · Ideal (ethics) · Identity (music) · Linguistics · National identity · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Religion and Society Interactions · Turkey's Politics and Society

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