This book offers a glimpse into Syrian refugee women’s stories of
defiance and triumph in the aftermath of the Syrian uprising. The
al-Zaatari Camp in northern Jordan is the largest Syrian refugee
camp in the world, home to 80,000 inhabitants. While al-Zaatari has
been described by the Western media as an ideal refugee camp, the
Syrian women living within its confines offer a very different
account of their daily reality. Defiance in Exile: Syrian Refugee
Women in Jordan presents for the first time in a book-length format
the opportunity to hear the refugee women’s own words about
torment, struggle, and persecution—and of an enduring spirit that
defies a difficult reality. Their stories speak of nearly
insurmountable social, economic, physical, and emotional
challenges, and provide a distinct perspective of the Syrian
conflict. Waed Athamneh and Muhammad Musad began collecting the
testimonies of Syrian refugee women in 2015. The authors chronicle
the history of Syria’s colonial legacy, the torture and cruelty
of the Bashar al-Assad regime during which nearly half a million
Syrians lost their lives, and the eventual displacement of more
than 5.3 million Syrian refugees due to the crisis. The book
contains nearly two dozen interviews, which give voice to single
mothers, widows, women with disabilities, and those who are victims
of physical and psychological abuse. Having lost husbands,
children, relatives, and friends to the conflict, they struggle
with what it means to be a Syrian refugee—and what it means to be
a Syrian woman. Defiance in Exile follows their fight for survival
during war and the sacrifices they had to make. It depicts their
journey, their desperate, chaotic lives as refugees, and their
hopes and aspirations for themselves and their children in the
future. These oral histories register the women’s political
outcry against displacement, injustice, and abuse. The book will
interest all readers who support refugees and displaced persons as
well as students and scholars of Middle East studies, political
science, women’s studies, and peace studies.
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