Reem Bailony's Syria's Transnational Rebellion offers a meticulously researched and compelling account that reframes the 1925 Syrian Revolt as a fundamentally transnational phenomenon.Moving beyond conventional, territorially bounded analyses, Bailony convincingly demonstrates that the revolt cannot be understood solely within the geographic confines of French mandate Syria and Lebanon.Rather, she emphasizes the influence of the Arabic-speaking diaspora (mahjar), arguing that its networks, politics, and discourses spanning Egypt, Europe, and particularly the Americas played a decisive role in shaping the revolt.By tracing the interactions between homeland and diaspora, the book offers a nuanced account of how local struggles were entangled with diasporic politics and therefore makes a significant contribution to the historiography of the revolt as well as to broader debates on nationalism, diaspora, and transnationalism.
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