Sisters-in-Waiting: A Case Study of Displaced Syrian Women Fostering New Senses and Memories of Home in Lebanon

Building on variously located Syrian women’s accounts of their day-to-day lives in Lebanon, this article illuminates meaning-making processes in protracted displacement, defined by the UNHCR (2004, p. 1) as a “long-lasting and intractable state of limbo.” We draw on the metaphor of a “constellation...

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Main Authors: Ibtissam Ouaali, Esther Miedema
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: York University Libraries 2023-12-01
Series:Refuge
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Online Access:https://refuge3.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/41087