Against All Odds: Defining a Revolutionary Identity in Syria

Díaz, Naomí Ramírez

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“…Each voice, whether pro, anti, or simply doesn't care to be either, becomes an added subjective thread to an extended epistemology on our understanding of the Syrian conflict today. As explained in the words of Díaz (2016), "in any conflict, the concept of identity comes to the forefront as an element of cohesion and differentiation from others; however, such differentiation becomes more difficult when it comes to people claiming the same identity" (p. 85), as is the case with Syrian identity today, and as Simmons (2012) adds, "identity involves more than just naming the respective body. Identity concerns a myriad of historical processes of coming into being.…”

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On Understanding Syrian Diasporic Identities through a Selection of Syrian Literary Works

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Alsamad²

2020

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As of late August 2018, a total of 58,600 Syrian refugees have arrived in Canada (Government of Canada, 2019). The Syrian Diaspora today is a complex topic that speaks to issues of dislocation, displacement, loss, exile, identity, a desire for belonging, and resilience. The aim of this paper is to offer a better understanding of the Syrian peoples who have become, within the past four years, part of our Canadian citizenry, local communities, and members of our schools and workforce. By engaging the voices of Syrians through their literary works, this essay seeks to challenge some of the ontological and epistemological underpinnings that have historically defined Syrians and to offer alternate ways in which we may better know and understand what it means to be Syrian today. Historically Syrians have written and spoken about exile in their literature, long before the the Syrian war began in March of 2011. To deliver a sense of Syrian identities, a selected number of pre-Syrian-war writers and poets are engaged in this essay, including Nizar Kabbani, Muhammad al-Maghut, Zakaria Tamer, Mamduh Adwan, Adonis and Nasib Arida; furthermore, to capture a glimpse of a post-war sentiment, the voice of Syrian novelist Najat Abdul Samad, whose work was written from within the national borders of a war-torn Syria, is brought into the discussion.

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Section: On the Syrian Identitymentioning

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On Understanding Syrian Diasporic Identities through a Selection of Syrian Literary Works

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Alsamad²

2020

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News from the Levant: A Qualitative Research on the Role of Social Media in Syrian Diaspora

Miconi

2020

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The Syrian emergency, with around 6.7 million people leaving the country, is considered the biggest refugee crisis since the end of World War II. The impact of social media on both the representation of the crisis and immigrants’ behavior has been already analyzed in several works. In this context, the article contains the results of qualitative research on the use of social media by Syrian immigrants and refugees after the civil war and in the diaspora. By mainly focusing on young users, we completed 44 in-depth interviews: 22 in-person interviews in Jordan; 13 in-person interviews in Lebanon; and 9 interviews with immigrant and refugees in Turkey via Skype (for logistical reasons). The article is dedicated to three different uses of social media: collecting news regarding the war in Syria; rediscovering lost ties after the diaspora; and finally, the so-called resettlement or the organization of a new life in host countries. As to the findings, immigrants have been shown to use social media for all purposes, but to a very different degree. In addition, and more interestingly, the results revealed some blind spots of digital sociability, such as the lack of credible sources and the Balkanization brought about by the so-called Web 2.0.

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Against All Odds: Defining a Revolutionary Identity in Syria

Cited by 2 publications

References 6 publications

On Understanding Syrian Diasporic Identities through a Selection of Syrian Literary Works

On Understanding Syrian Diasporic Identities through a Selection of Syrian Literary Works

News from the Levant: A Qualitative Research on the Role of Social Media in Syrian Diaspora

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