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Part I. Senses of belonging: explorations of transcultural spaces. Chapter I. Transculturation in a changing Arab world: engaging contexts in conversation / by Eid Mohamed; Chapter II. Identity politics and digital space: Adel Abidin's Abidin travels: Welcome to Baghdad / By Jenna Ann Altomonte; Chapter III. Transcultural Arab identities in the West: Canadian -- Arab youth navigating culture, identity, and belonging / by Bessma Momani and Melissa Finn; Chapter IV. Reshaping social practice in post-Arab Spring Egypt: expression of identity and affiliation in new media / by Mohamed Hassan -- Part II. Migration and the challenges of subjectivation. Chapter V.Refugees as a hybridizing force in the Jordanian society / by Barkuzar Dubbati; Chapter VI. Ontological citizenship: a realignment of rights and responsibilities between the individual and the state(s) in 21st century migration and transnationalism / by Saeed A. Khan -- Part III. Transcultural dimensions in contemporary Arab literature and culture. Chapter VII. Changing geography: transcultural Arab identity in the age of the EU / by Katie Logan; Chapter VIII. The fractured music of Arab-Jewish friendships: Waguih Ghali's Beer in the snooker club and Ismaël Ferroukhi's Free men / by Caroline Rooney; Chapter IX. Hédi Bouraoui: Transcultural sense of belonging / by Abderrahman Beggar; Chapter X. Poetics of the virtual: technology and revolution in the poetry of Sghaier Ouled Ahmed / by Hager Ben Driss -- Part IV. Occupying interstices and the aesthetics of dissent. Chapter XI. Interstitial space of the art of protest / by Hamid Dabashi; Chapter XII. The chaos of a scream: a critical reading of Houthis' Sarkha in Yemen / by Waleed F. Mahdi.