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The home I worked to make : voices from the new Syrian diaspora / Wendy Pearlman.
Van Pelt - New Book Display DS98.6 .P43 2024
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pearlman, Wendy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Syria--History--Civil War, 2011---Personal narratives.
- Syria.
- Refugees--Syria--Interviews.
- Refugees.
- Syria--History--Civil War, 2011-.
- Syria--History--20th century.
- Syria--History--21st century.
- Local Subjects:
- Syria--History--Civil War, 2011-.
- Syria--History--20th century.
- Syria--History--21st century.
- Genre:
- interviews.
- Personal narratives
- Interviews
- History
- Personal narratives.
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- 281 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2024]
- Summary:
- "War forced millions of Syrians from their homes. It also forced them to rethink the meaning of home itself. In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom. Brutal government repression transformed peaceful protests into one of the most devastating conflicts of our times, killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions. The Home I Worked to Make takes Syria's refugee outflow as its point of departure. Based on hundreds of interviews conducted across more than a decade, it probes a question as intimate as it is universal: What is home? With gripping immediacy, Syrians now on five continents share stories of leaving, losing, searching, and finding (or not finding) home. Across this tapestry of voices, a new understanding emerges: home, for those without the privilege of taking it for granted, is both struggle and achievement. Recasting "refugee crises" as acts of diaspora-making, The Home I Worked to Make challenges readers to grapple with the hard-won wisdom of those who survive war and to see, with fresh eyes, what home means in their own lives."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Kareem
- Introduction
- 1: Leaving. Sara M.
- Nour
- Ghani
- Fatima
- Ghada
- Masri
- Okba
- Maha
- Hani
- Alaa
- II: Leaving, again. Sara M.
- Kovan
- Mohammed W.
- Manaf
- Medea
- III: Searching. Okba
- Suheir
- Mai
- Mehyar
- Rifaie
- Mohammed A.
- Ramy
- Rima
- IV: Losing. Alhakam
- Ahmed
- Bashar
- Sherry
- Sara M.
- Ali
- Lina
- V: Building. Medea
- Ahlam
- Majdy
- Salma
- Mariam
- Houda
- VI: Belonging. Ghada
- Duha
- Raja
- Sara A.
- Asma
- VII: Living. Mohammed W.
- Insaf
- Fatmia
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281).
- ISBN:
- 1324092238
- 9781324092230
- OCLC:
- 1398569747
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