Palestinians in Syria and the Syrian Civil War

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3 p.m., Oct. 25, 2013

The Palestinian refugees in Syria have formed one of the most stable and integrated of the Palestinian refugee communities in the Arab world. Most recently, what marked their community as different, namely integration and access to rights on par with Syrians citizens, has also meant that the Palestinians in Syria have become fully embroiled in the civil war. This talk examines the historical realities of the Palestinian refugees in Syria, and assesses the nature of the community’s tragic embroilment in the war. Anaheed Al-Hardan is a sociologist and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry in Berlin, Germany, where she is completing a book on memories of the 1948 Nakba in the Palestinian refugee community in Syria. She will take up the position of Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies at the American University of Beirut in the 2013/14 academic year.   DR. ANAHEED AL-HARDAN,POST-DOC FELLOWINSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL INQUIRY, BERLINMENAS Colloquium SeriesFriday, October 25, 20133pm in Marshall 490Co-sponsored by the UA Arabic Flagship Program