The dispossession and forced migration of nearly 50 per cent of
Syria's population has produced the greatest refugee crisis since
World War II. This new book places the current displacement within
the context of the widespread migrations that have indelibly marked
the region throughout the last 150 years. Syria itself has
harboured millions from its neighbouring lands, and Syrian society
has been shaped by these diasporas. Dawn Chatty explores how modern
Syria came to be a refuge state, focusing first on the major forced
migrations into Syria of Circassians, Armenians, Kurds,
Palestinians, and Iraqis. Drawing heavily on individual narratives
and stories of integration, adaptation, and compromise, she shows
that a local cosmopolitanism came to be seen as intrinsic to Syrian
society. She examines the current outflow of people from Syria to
neighbouring states as individuals and families seek survival with
dignity, arguing that though the future remains uncertain, the
resilience and strength of Syrian society both displaced internally
within Syria and externally across borders bodes well for
successful return and reintegration. If there is any hope to be
found in the Syrian civil war, it is in this history.
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