Race in Transit BY Randa Tawil 2026

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follows the itineraries of the early Syrian diaspora, stitching together migrants' travels across archives from Beirut, Marseille, Liverpool, Manila, Washington, D.C., Michigan, and Texas. https://ow.ly/y3gG50Z8ZbY "Fascinating and original, Race in Transit examines the transnational routes of Syrian migration. Randa Tawil traces diasporic itineraries as a means of elaborating the 'migration infrastructures' that displaced, enabled, and restricted movement, challenging received notions of race and place." —Lisa Lowe, author of The Intimacies of Four Continents #ReadUP #history #middleeasthistory #ottomansyria #middleeaststudies