Syrian Society in Revolution and War (2011–2024)

Legacy and Transformations

Myriam Ababsa et Valentina Napolitano (dir.)

Contemporain publications

Éditeur : 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

Foreword

Myriam Ababsa et Valentina Napolitano

Cadenza Academic Translations (trad.)

Introduction

Syrian Society amid Revolution and War: A Diachronic Approach across Territories

Part I — Individual and collective journeys

Charlotte al-Khalili

Revolutionary Struggles within the Home

Transformations in the Domestic Lives of Syrian Women in Exile after 2011

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

Mathilde Gingembre

Agrarian Migrations and Moral Economies in Times of War

Syrian Pastoral Refugees in Jordan

Part III — Political reconfigurations, governance structures and forms of mobilisation

Matthieu Rey

Les terroirs syriens en recomposition

Géographie 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 Below

Practices and Models of Autonomous Governance, Social Inclusiveness and Decentralisation in Wartime Syria

Julie Bernath

Transitional Justice in the Syrian Context

Diaspora Mobilisation and the Invention of Spaces for Justice


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