Palestinian Refugee Women from Syria to Jordan: Decolonizing the Geopolitics of Displacement

The book explores the discrimination faced by Palestinian women from Syria displaced to Jordan, revealing the complex layers of oppression they endure due to settler colonialism, militarism, nationalism, refugee global governance, and gender regimes. It calls for a feminist analysis of settler colonialism's epistemic violence and highlights the efforts of local women's groups and frontline workers to address service gaps. The book aims to decolonize issues around migration, displacement, refugees, and women and offers a critical critique of the marginalization of Palestinian refugee women in the Syrian refugee crisis.

Format: Hardback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 22 February 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Based on extensive field research conducted over four years in Palestinian camps in Jordan, including exclusive interviews with Palestinian refugee women, aid workers, and representatives of international organizations and NGOs in Jordan, the book uncovers the profound levels of discrimination faced by Palestinian women from Syria who have been displaced to Jordan. The women's experiences reveal them caught in the intricate web of settler colonialism, militarism, nationalism, global governance of refugees, and gender regimes that subjected them to various forms of structural gender-based violence.

The book makes a compelling case for a feminist analysis of settler colonialism's epistemic violence of anti-Palestinianism to expose the historical and geopolitical roots of intersecting oppressive systems that operate through and upon gendered bodies of Palestinian refugee women in humanitarian contexts. It also highlights how local women's groups and frontline workers strive to address service gaps. By employing a rich theoretical lens to understand the experiences of women in refugee camps, this book aims to decolonize issues related to migration, displacement, refugees, and women.

Previous research on the Syrian refugee crisis has unfortunately overlooked the very distinct experiences of Palestinian refugee women, which has hindered the development of a feminist analysis of gendered processes in humanitarianism and feminist transnational and intersectional solidarity. This book provides a crucial critique of how feminists' adoption of a universal-based analysis of the Syrian refugee crisis has further marginalized Palestinian refugee women from Syria.

Through its comprehensive and empathetic exploration of the lives of Palestinian refugee women in Jordan, this book offers valuable insights into the complex dynamics of discrimination, resilience, and resistance that shape their experiences. It sheds light on the urgent need for a more intersectional and feminist approach to addressing the challenges faced by women in refugee camps and beyond. By recognizing the unique vulnerabilities and experiences of Palestinian refugee women, we can work towards creating a more just and equitable world for all.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780755644803