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This dissertation explores everyday interactions and political struggles between Christians and Muslims in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. I first explore how each group envisions themselves as part of a local and national community, and then I consider how such visions affect loc…

This dissertation begins by uncovering a puzzle in Spain's two North African cities: why are significantly fewer native-born and foreign-born residents of Melilla Spanish citizens than comparable residents of Ceuta, despite the two cities sharing many social, political, economic…