The home I worked to make: voices from the New Syrian diaspora

2025/05/14 by Fulya Memişoğlu · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Middle East Politics and Society

paper · doi:10.1080/01419870.2025.2503959

openalex publication_date 2025/05/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/14

Abstract

Wendy Pearlman’s latest book, The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora, provides an intimate exploration of displacement through the testimonies of thirty-eight Syrian refugee...

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• ‪@wendy-pearlman.bsky.social‬ shares powerful testimonies from 38 Syrians in global exile. Her book explores home as a process—of struggle, identity, and resilience—reframing what it means to belong a [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]

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