Miri, Amal

Amal
Miri

Amal Miri holds a PhD in Gender & Diversity from Ghent University. In this ethnographic research at the intersection of marriage migration, motherhood and integration among Moroccan women in Flanders, she conducted feminist and participatory action research with expertise in affective citizenship. As part of this research, she has published in several international peer-reviewed journals such as JEMS. In the past she worked as a project researcher at ella, a non-profit organization promoting the...
Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 3002
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2126-0747

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Migration governance
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Disciplines
Methods
Geographies

Roles

  • University of Antwerp

    University, Antwerp, Belgium
    Postdoctoral researcher

  • Ghent University

    University, Ghent, Belgium
    Affiliated member

  • Ghent University

    University, Ghent, Belgium

Research

‘When Mom left for Mars’: Life narratives of first-generation Moroccan migrant mothers in Flanders

Authors Amal Miri, Irma Emmery
Year 2024
Journal Name European Journal of Women's Studies
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1 Journal Article

‘When my children were born, I started to love Belgium’: Moroccan migrant mothers’ narratives of affective citizenship in the Belgian citizenisation context

Authors Amal Miri, Irma Emmery, Chia Longman
Year 2020
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
3 Journal Article

Suggested Research

Blurring Ethnic and Cultural Boundaries: Narratives of Migrantised Artists and Producers in the Cultural Scene in Flanders (Belgium)

Authors Amal Miri, Lore Van Praag
Year 2025
Journal Name JOURNAL OF INTERCULTURAL STUDIES
1 Journal Article
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