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.
audio recordings of interviews conducted in Arabic, and written summaries of the stories shared (in both English and Arabic) have been published in a collection named Conflict, Migration & Identity on the Tarikhi story archive.
has how you define yourself changed over the past decade?
how has the conflict impacted your sense of identity as a Syrian?
how has the outpouring of Syrians from the country impacted your sense of connection to it and them?
these are but some of the questions sharq.org posed as part of our ongoing research into the challenges and consequences of migration. previously produced collections that explored adjacent themes include:
Stories of Belonging and
Peaceful Coexistence in the Diaspora,
from which a podcast series, animations and a book were born.
