Description: "This title provides an intimate portrait of Syrian displacement through the lives of five Syrian women as they cross borders, create new homes, and navigate complex transformations of their identities and families"--
Brief description: Leila Hudson is associate professor of Middle Eastern studies at the University of Arizona. An anthropologist and historian, she studies culture and political economy in the modern and contemporary Arab world. She is the author of Transforming Damascus: Space and Modernity in an Islamic City and coeditor of Media Evolution on the Eve of the Arab Spring.
Review Quotes: A marvelous book. With an intimate and nuanced understanding of Syrian society, it is a must-read for scholars, students, and policy makers alike.-- "Dawn Chatty, author of Syria: The Making and Unmaking of a Refuge State"