Introduction to Young Syrian

What is/are Young Syrian?

Young Syrian - I feel I have to constantly explain that I am not a thief’, a young Syrian man explained. ^[1] This phenomenological study explores the lived experience of nine young Syrian refugees ages 12 to 16 who participated in an expressive arts workshop about resilience in Aley, Lebanon. ^[2] Without multidimensional interventions that consider improvements to living conditions, the health of young Syrian refugees will continue to worsen. ^[3] This chapter features Basel, a young Syrian newcomer student fleeing a war-torn country and attending a Canadian public high school. ^[4] This cross-sectional, descriptive pilot study examined contraceptive knowledge, attitudes, barriers, needs and practices among young Syrian brides. ^[5] The results were based on the analysis of the students’ letters they wrote to their Syrian peers in the spring of 2018: 150 letters saluting the young Syrians with “Dear my Syrian Friend” are exposed to a discourse analysis. ^[6] This process is illustrated via two recent media examples: the first an interview between former Labour senator Sam Dastyari and One Nation party leader Pauline Hanson, the second an appearance by young Syrian-born Australian residents Omar and Saad Al Kassab on the ABC discussion programme Q&A – where the subjects are self-represented as politically benign through their incorporation into the logic of neoliberalism. ^[7] Drawing on fieldwork with young Syrian refugees pursuing training in Jordan, I focus on the “coding boot camp,” an emerging educational format in the field of refugee professional training. ^[8] The central question is how young Syrian women navigate between two major projects that ask for their agency, being family and work. ^[9]

young syrian refugee

This phenomenological study explores the lived experience of nine young Syrian refugees ages 12 to 16 who participated in an expressive arts workshop about resilience in Aley, Lebanon. ^[1] Without multidimensional interventions that consider improvements to living conditions, the health of young Syrian refugees will continue to worsen. ^[2] Drawing on fieldwork with young Syrian refugees pursuing training in Jordan, I focus on the “coding boot camp,” an emerging educational format in the field of refugee professional training. ^[3]