From <i>Suriyya al‐Asad</i> to <i>Souriatna</i>: Civic nationalism in the Syrian revolutionary press

Chevée, Adélie

doi:10.1111/nana.12787

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“…Nevertheless, there is also the possibility that their refrains represent attempts to mask a concern at the splintering of Syria and Yemen post-2011, and are an attempt, therefore, to rhetorically hold the states together. Furthermore, the construction of democracy and reform as central aspirations of the Syrian and Yemeni national identities align with the nascent arguments within area studies scholarship which contend that 2011 and its aftermath provoked a reimagining of identities in Syria and Yemen which foregrounded civic values (Ismail 2011;Phillips 2015;Bartolomei 2018;Leenders 2013;Chevée 2021;Bachleitner 2021a;Bachleitner 2021b;Bonnefoy & Poirier 2013;Philbrick Yadav 2017). Crucially, this construction, this foregrounding of democracy as binding together all Syrians and all Yemenis, represents a departure from the identifications observed by academics in Syria and Yemen prior to 2011.…”

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International Mediation, Identity Construction, and Normative Change

Clowry

2023

INER

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In this article, I argue the following: mediation can operate as an arena in which identities are reconstructed while the very occurrence of mediation can trigger and fuel processes of identity reconstruction. More precisely, the norms promoted through mediation can serve to reconstruct the identities of the conflict parties. I will make this claim by examining two contemporary instances of mediation in Syria and Yemen, cases which diverge in the third-party peacemaking approach taken. I investigate these cases by gathering and thematically analyzing an original qualitative dataset comprising 74 semi-structured interviews, 50 press conferences, and 110 official documents. My analysis challenges existing literature concerning the intertwinement of norms, identity, and mediation; contributes to our understanding of how identities in Syria and Yemen were transformed following the revolutions of 2011; and interrogates traditional understandings of the purpose and effects of mediation.

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International Mediation, Identity Construction, and Normative Change

Clowry

2023

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What is Syrian nationalism? Primordialism and romanticism in official Baath discourse

Aldoughli

2021

Nations and Nationalism

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This article addresses the evolution of Syrian nationalism, showing how the early pan‐Arabist ideals of the Baathist founders morphed into a cult of personality focused narrowly on emotional attachments to the regime. Current Syrian state nationalism is a “constructed primordialism” consisting of vague and sentimental concepts of the Syrian people and their history, despite the fact that the Syrian state in its current territorial identity has only existed for a few decades and incorporates a diverse mosaic of ethnic, cultural, religious and national backgrounds. In the absence of a cohesive pre‐existing community to form the basis of Syrian national identity, the regime tempered its nominal commitment to Arabism with heavily Romanticized rhetoric emphasizing familial bonds of love and devotion between the people and the leader. This primordialist construct has thwarted the emergence of a civic‐oriented national identity in Syria and contributed to tensions underlying the current civil war.

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Collective identities amid war and displacement: Syrians and Syrian refugees re‐imagine their country

Bachleitner

2021

Nations and Nationalism

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This article is interested in Syrian and Syrian refugees' ties of belonging to their country in times of war and displacement. By looking at individuals, the paper follows a micro‐level approach to research societal ties of belonging to a country that has slipped into war. It argues that during conflicts, the meaning and boundaries of national identity are grasped in individuals' re‐imagination of their country in either more “civic” or “ethnic” terms. As a result of this process, national identity may gain an inclusive, civic meaning based on the idea of citizenship or a more exclusive content based on the narrower confines of ethnicity and sect. Empirically, 100 Syrians and 100 Syrian refugees provided their vision of a future Syrian state in online interviews. The findings show that the majority of respondents' visions of Syria follows a civic rationale, with most survey participants linking their belonging to a future Syria with the broader ideas of citizenship, political rights and participation, rather than identifying the country in ethnic/sectarian terms. Combined with the theories, these results offer a glimpse into the societal formation of a new Syrian “we” amid an ongoing war and continuing waves of displacement.

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From Suriyya al‐Asad to Souriatna: Civic nationalism in the Syrian revolutionary press

Cited by 5 publications

References 33 publications

International Mediation, Identity Construction, and Normative Change

International Mediation, Identity Construction, and Normative Change

What is Syrian nationalism? Primordialism and romanticism in official Baath discourse

Collective identities amid war and displacement: Syrians and Syrian refugees re‐imagine their country

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