Tarikhi story archive

Tarikhi (Arabic for ‘my history’) is an Arab/ic oral history archive. it houses 500 interviews conducted, recorded, and documented by sharq.org between 2012 and 2022, at a time when previously censored and silenced voices found strength through collective action and forged microphones from new opportunities to be heard. (2012-ongoing)

religious identity, activism and conversion

an oral history training programme delivered in Arabic to civil society actors who where then mentored in the production of story collections on topics related to religious identity. (2021-22)

conflict, migration and identity

a collection of 60 interviews with Syrians who remained in Syria during the years of turmoil and intense government oppression following the 2011 revolution and those who migrated to Europe asked to reflect on the impact of conflict and migration on identity and to explore the impact of their changing identity on belonging, integration, community and engagement. (2021)

stories of belonging

this collection of over fifty audio recorded stories told by Syrian (and some Iraqi) migrants in Europe sheds light on the experiences and factors that help nurture belonging among individuals displaced from their homeland. (2020)

peaceful coexistence in the diaspora

this oral history collection includes over 50 interviews with established residents and Syrian migrants in six different countries and was produced to support an exploration of the factors that impact integration and peaceful coexistence. (2019)

Lebanon Livelihoods

Lebanon Livelihoods is an exploration of the employment and entrepreneurship challenges faced by Palestinian and Lebanese women and men in Lebanon. (2017)

Syrian Histories

a collection of 120 recorded interviews that address the culture and society of Syria in the decades preceding 2011. (2016-17)

42 years of oppression in Libya

a collection of 32 video-recorded interviews conducted with women and men at various locations in Libya, this collection sheds light on the diversity of the human rights abuses that took place during the four decades of Gaddafi rule that preceded the 2011 revolution. (2013-14)