Everyday Conversions: Islam, Domestic Work, and South Asian Migrant Women in Kuwait

by Attiya Ahmad

Book Overview

Why are domestic workers converting to Islam in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf region? In Everyday Conversions Attiya Ahmad presents us with an original analysis of this phenomenon. Using extensive fieldwork conducted among South Asian migrant women in Kuwait, Ahmad argues domestic workers' Muslim belonging emerges from their work in Kuwaiti households as they develop Islamic piety in relation-but not opposition-to their existing religious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082236333X
• ISBN13: 9780822363330
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"