Syrians in the Shadow of War Everyday Struggles and Survival
Edited by Alex Simon. Foreword by Matthieu Ray and Peter Harling
- Cairo The American University in Cairo Press 2026
- 307 Seiten
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Note on ContributorsIntroduction: Snapshots from the Day Before Alex SimonChapter 1: Being Syrian Forced Coexistence No Damascus like Home The Generation Gap Retreat, Reconcile, Resist In Transition: Opening the FloodgatesChapter 2: Organizing in the Crevices Latakia and Tartous: Negotiation and Cooptation Informal Civic Networks Faith-based Charities Homs: Depth and Divison Raqqa and Deir Ezzor: Dependence and Precarity The Bottom-up Covid Response In Transition: Out of the ShadowsChapter 3: Engaging from Outside In Search of Entries The Lebanese Crash The Turkish Crackdown The Remittance Crunch Small-scale Investment Accountability from Abroad The Dialogue Industry In Transition: The Bumpy Road HomeChapter 4: Negotiating the State State, Regime, and Society The Undead State The Aid Lifeline Surrealist Property Laws Monopolizing Civil Documents In Transition: Reconstructing the State?Chapter 5: Serving Public Services Divided Secondary Schools Decaying Universities The Mental Health Crisis Withering Agriculture Vanishing Water Elusive Internet In Transition: Beyond CrowdfundingChapter 6: Staying in Business The Beseiged Business Class The Economic Battlefield Women to the Front Women-led Businesses In Transition: Still SurvivingConclusion: Into the Day AfterAfterword Matthieu Rey and Peter HarlingAdditional Reading