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DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute's\, Middle Eastern Program welcomes&nbsp
 \;Wendy Pearlman from Northwestern University.Over 13 years\,  Professor P
 earlman has interviewed more than 500 displaced Syrians around the world a
 bout their lives under a brutal authoritarian regime\, the popular uprisin
 g against it\, and the subsequent war and refugee crisis. In this presenta
 tion\, she explores their stories collected in her two books\, “We Crossed
  A Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria” (2017) and “The Home I Worke
 d to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora” (2024). These personal tes
 timonials provide a unique window into one of the most inspiring liberatio
 n struggles of our times\, putting the recent collapse of the Assad regime
  in a broader historical context and reminding us what is at stake\, in hu
 man terms.Wendy Pearlman is the Jane Long Professor of Arts and Sciences a
 nd professor of political science at Northwestern University\, and co-edit
 or-in-chief of the journal Perspectives on Politics. A scholar of Middle E
 ast politics\, social movements\, conflict processes and forced migration\
 , she is the author of six books and more than 40 journal articles or book
  chapters.
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SUMMARY:Understanding Syrian Voices: Refugees’ Stories of Revolution\, War\
 , and the Struggle for Home
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Moynihan Institute's\, Middle Eastern P
 rogram welcomes&nbsp\;<span style="background-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0)\;
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 pan></p><p>Over 13 years\,  Professor Pearlman has interviewed more than 5
 00 displaced Syrians around the world about their lives under a brutal aut
 horitarian regime\, the popular uprising against it\, and the subsequent w
 ar and refugee crisis. In this presentation\, she explores their stories c
 ollected in her two books\, “We Crossed A Bridge and It Trembled: Voices f
 rom Syria” (2017) and “The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syri
 an Diaspora” (2024). These personal testimonials provide a unique window i
 nto one of the most inspiring liberation struggles of our times\, putting 
 the recent collapse of the Assad regime in a broader historical context an
 d reminding us what is at stake\, in human terms.<br></p><p><strong>Wendy 
 Pearlman</strong> is the Jane Long Professor of Arts and Sciences and prof
 essor of political science at Northwestern University\, and co-editor-in-c
 hief of the journal Perspectives on Politics. A scholar of Middle East pol
 itics\, social movements\, conflict processes and forced migration\, she i
 s the author of six books and more than 40 journal articles or book chapte
 rs.</p>
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