Epistemic Void Attracts Violence

The problem with migrant narratives about the Khaleej, is people who grow up in the region are always imagining an exit due to the ‘structural transience’ (channelizing Shah on multigenerational migrants in Kuwait), which leaves a void for western tourist visa academics to carve the stories for us. I wish more muwateen write as well, along with kharjees.

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