Refugee livelihoods: Livelihood and diasporic identity constructions of Somali refugees in Cairo

This paper examines two interlinked processes in the lives of Somali refugees in Cairo, namely: (1) securing livelihood by using a set of shared strategies, and (2) the ways in which these daily strategies involve the refugees’ reconstruction of traditional collective identity constructs such as clan affiliation and Somali nationalism, and the creation of new and significant identity constructs based on shared diasporic experiences