Description
One hundred thousand Palestinians fled to Syria after being expelled from Palestine upon the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. Integrating into Syrian society over time, their experience stands in stark contrast to the plight of Palestinian refugees in other Arab countries, leading to different ways through which to understand the 1948 Nakba, or catastrophe, in their popular memory.
Conducting interviews with first-, second-, and third-generation members of Syria's Palestinian community, Anaheed Al-Hardan follows the evolution of the Nakba--the central signifier of the Palestinian refugee past and present--in Arab intellectual discourses, Syria's Palestinian politics, and the community's memorialization. Al-Hardan's sophisticated research sheds light on the enduring relevance of the Nakba among the communities it helped create, while challenging the nationalist and patriotic idea that memories of the Nakba are static and universally shared among Palestinians. Her study also critically tracks the Nakba's changing meaning in light of Syria's twenty-first-century civil war.Author: Anaheed Al-Hardan
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 10/02/2018
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.60w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780231176378
ISBN10: 0231176376
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | World | Middle Eastern
- History | Middle East | Israel & Palestine
- Political Science | Human Rights
About the Author
Anaheed Al-Hardan is assistant professor of sociology at the American University of Beirut.