ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the continuing bonds model of mourning to examine the process of loss and mourning associated with immigration and understands some of the psychological changes associated with immigration. The extent and severity of the cultural and familial losses vary widely, depending on the circumstances of immigration and the differences between the native and host cultures. Immigrants' responses to these losses also vary. The chapter examines the process of loss and mourning of Arab immigrants who had lived in Europe and North America for long periods. It draws from interviews with immigrants to the United States (US) from non-European countries, reported by Henry, Stiles, Biran, Brinegar, Mosher, and Banarjee. The chapter examines the influence of pre-immigration trauma on the acculturation process and continuing bonds with native cultures of African refugees in Egypt. It draws interviews with US expatriates who were living in Egypt.
