Abstract

This article focuses on three refugee narratives from Afghanistan and Kashmir under the prism of intercultural capital theory. These accounts are mere reflections of transition and liminality. This research attempts to capture their stories of belonging, becoming and exclusion during a period of transition. Through the rite of passage refugees utilize their familiar capital and habitus to develop a sense of agency in new sociocultural contexts. Drawing on Bourdieu’s framework of capital, intercultural capital theory interprets refugee experiences of belonging during different phases of their multiple relocations and resettlement. This kind of theorization allows refugee narratives to be viewed not merely as static expressions of loss and trauma, but rather as individual experiences of survival, adaptation, and agency. The discussants focus on separation, arrival in new liminal spaces, and plans for future lives. Restoring familial and social networks and finding a job echo the search of a new deserved status.