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For Syrian Americans
The Identity Between the Ancient City and the Exile
The ancient city. The exile. The identity that survived both. This is where you name it.
For the Syrian American person working through what it means to carry Syrian identity — the ancient civilization, the civil war, the massive displacement, and the life being built in exile — into an American life
The Name It First Experience
Syria carries one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations alongside one of the twenty-first century's worst humanitarian disasters. You carry both — the cultural inheritance of Damascus and Aleppo and the specific ache of a country that has been destroyed in your lifetime. You carry what your family lost, what they preserved, and what you are building in America. This workbook is about naming all of it. You leave with The Syrian American Identity Charter — a named account of who you are beyond the crisis.
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Sample questions
- What do you carry from Syria that is about the culture and the civilization — not the crisis?
- What do you love about Syrian identity, food, family, history that you want this workbook to honor first?
- What does it mean to be building your life here while Syria exists in the state it does?
Research basis
Grounded in Syrian diaspora research / Berry (1997) acculturation / refugee identity formation / and ancient civilization identity in exile.
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