Syrian Society in Revolution and War (2011–2024)
Legacy and Transformations
Contemporain publicationsÉditeur : Presses de l’Ifpo
Lieu d’édition : Beyrouth
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 19 juin 2025
Collection : Contemporain publications
Année d’édition : 2025
Nombre de pages : 376
Présentation
In 2011, Syrians broke the wall of silence and rose up against the Assad regime to reclaim their rights to liberty and dignity. But the popular revolution was crushed by a 14-year war with devastating consequences: half a million people killed or wounded, over 150,000 imprisoned or disappeared. Half the population was forced into exile or displaced within the country. Millions of Syrians endured grief, hunger, and torture—and for all, a deep sense of powerlessness in the face of injustice. Yet, despite the destruction and the persistence of daily violence, these years of war also gave rise to immense hope and profound social transformations that transcended questions of identity and religion. New forms of mobilisation, autonomous civic initiatives, solidarities, and expressions of free speech emerged, asserting that the Syrian people are determined to shape their own future.
The contributions gathered in this volume bear witness to the pioneering legacy of a decade of revolution and war that has irreversibly transformed Syrian society. Through case studies ranging from self-governance and wartime economies to shifts in domestic life, gender dynamics, and transitional justice, the book explores the scale of political, social, economic, and familial changes that Syria has undergone. These developments are analysed both within Syria and in exile—in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan—and are situated within the country’s longer historical trajectory. Long overshadowed by geopolitical and strategic readings of the conflict, Syrian society is placed at the heart of this book, which seeks to uncover the forces driving its struggle for liberation.
Sommaire
Myriam Ababsa et Valentina Napolitano
ForewordMyriam Ababsa et Valentina Napolitano
Cadenza Academic Translations (trad.)
IntroductionSyrian Society amid Revolution and War: A Diachronic Approach across Territories
Part I — Individual and collective journeys
Charlotte al-Khalili
Revolutionary Struggles within the HomeTransformations in the Domestic Lives of Syrian Women in Exile after 2011
Valentina Napolitano
Relations de genre et formes de protection parmi les familles syriennes en Jordanie (2018-2020)Sana Yazigi
« La mémoire d’un rêve de changement »L’engagement et le parcours de Sana Yazigi dans l’archivage d’une mémoire syrienne
Part II — Economic dynamics, subsistence and humanitarian aid
Joseph Daher
L’impact de la politique économique du gouvernement syrien sur les structures socio-économiquesMathilde Gingembre
Agrarian Migrations and Moral Economies in Times of WarSyrian Pastoral Refugees in Jordan
Salam Kawakibi
Alep : un parcours personnel (2011-2022)Part III — Political reconfigurations, governance structures and forms of mobilisation
Matthieu Rey
Les terroirs syriens en recompositionGéographie politique de la Syrie au regard du temps long
Anna Poujeau
L’enlèvement collectif des druzes de Suwaydāʾ par l’État islamique (juillet 2018)Recompositions confessionnelles et politiques en temps de guerre en Syrie
Aurora Sottimano
Reconsidering Governance from BelowPractices and Models of Autonomous Governance, Social Inclusiveness and Decentralisation in Wartime Syria
Julie Bernath
Transitional Justice in the Syrian ContextDiaspora Mobilisation and the Invention of Spaces for Justice
Yassin al-Haj Saleh
Majoritarian Syria: Justice in Conflict ResolutionÉlizabeth Picard
Afterword. The Birth of a New Syria?Le texte seul est utilisable sous licence Licence OpenEdition Books. Les autres éléments (illustrations, fichiers annexes importés) sont « Tous droits réservés », sauf mention contraire.