Tired of Being a Refugee
Social Identification among Young Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
After six decades of protracted refugeehood, patterns of social identification are changing among the young people of the fourth refugee generation in the Palestinian refugee camp Burj al-Shamali in Southern Lebanon. Though their identity as Palestinian refugees remains the same compared to older refugee generations, there is an important shift in the young refugees’ relationship towards the homeland, their status as refugees, Islam, the camp society, as well as in their relationship towards r...
Note de l’éditeur
Cover photo © Fiorella Larissa Erni.
Éditeur : Graduate Institute Publications
Lieu d’édition : Genève
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 24 janvier 2013
ISBN numérique : 978-2-940503-14-8
DOI : 10.4000/books.iheid.543
Collection : eCahiers de l’Institut | 17
Année d’édition : 2013
ISBN (Édition imprimée) : 978-2-940503-13-1
After six decades of protracted refugeehood, patterns of social identification are changing among the young people of the fourth refugee generation in the Palestinian refugee camp Burj al-Shamali in Southern Lebanon. Though their identity as Palestinian refugees remains the same compared to older refugee generations, there is an important shift in the young refugees’ relationship towards the homeland, their status as refugees, Islam, the camp society, as well as in their relationship towards religious or ethnic “others” in and outside Lebanon. This ePaper examines how technology, globalisation and outside influences have impacted the young Palestinians’ interpretation of their identity and their understanding of Palestinianness. The author concludes with reflections on the young refugees’ attitudes towards their Palestinian identity in the diaspora, which, as she argues, can only survive when the young refugees see their identity as a virtue rather than as a hindrance.
Fiorella Larissa Erni holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Anthropology and Arabic Literature from the University of Zurich and a Master’s Degree with an academic specialisation in Conflict and Development from the Graduate Institute, Geneva. Her research interests include peacekeeping and forced migration in the Middle East as well as issues of identity in the Middle East and East Africa. She has conducted field research in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon in 2010 and 2011, and participated in other research projects on Palestinians and civil rights in Lebanon, as well as social media during the Arab social revolutions. In her current position, Fiorella is engaged in community and animal welfare projects with the Zanzibar Animals Affection Society, a local NGO on Zanzibar, Tanzania.

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