Charlotte Al-Khalili
Biographic Data
| ID | 3684138 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charlotte Al-Khalili |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charlotte |
| FAMILY NAME | Al-Khalili |
| SIGNATURE | AL-KHALILI C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sussex |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From Syria to Gaza
This article examines the emic comparisons drawn by Syrian revolutionaries with Palestinians and the situation of oppression and destruction in their own country, particularly with reference to Gaza. It describes the central place of Palestine in my Syrian interlocutors' framing of becoming revolutionaries, and the forms of solidarity that developed in their praxis before, during and after the 2011 revolution. It thus aims to present a counter-hi…
Present/absent futures
This article explores time and temporality in the wake of the defeat of the Syrian 2011 revolution. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among Syrian revolutionaries in Gaziantep, Turkey; it argues that waiting for detainees to be freed, for return to the homeland or for the revolutionary cycle's repetition and closure, deeply modifies displaced Syrians' relation to present, past and future. Syrians' waiting thus appears reversed - directed to the pas…
Waiting For The Revolution To End
Waiting for the Revolution to End explores the Syrian revolution through the experiences of citizens in exile. Based on more than three years of embedded fieldwork with Syrians displaced in the border city of Gaziantep (southern Turkey), the book places the Syrian revolution and its tragic aftermath under ethnographic scrutiny. It charts the evolution from peaceful uprising (2011) to armed confrontation (2012), descent into fully fledged conflict…
Halaqas, relational subjects, and revolutionary committees in Syria
Through an ethnographic account of Syrian halaqas (Sunni religious circles) from the 1980s until the 2011 Syrian revolution, this article argues that halaqas have a revolutionary potential. The analysis demonstrates that Syrian religious circles are spaces of self-transformation that have heterotopic qualities. The Darayya halaqa studied here is a space where present and future are collapsed: a space in which future revolutionary selves and socie…
Towards an Anthropology of Defeat
How does one study a revolution and its defeat in the aftermath of large-scale political violence? What traces does a revolution, its repression and defeat leave on people’s bodies, self, social and gendered norms, as well as lifeworlds? Based on long-term ethnographic work with Syrian revolutionaries displaced to the city of Gaziantep, located in the Syrian-Turkish borderland, between 2013 and 2019, this article interrogates what an anthropology…
Present/absent futures
This article explores time and temporality in the wake of the defeat of the Syrian 2011 revolution. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among Syrian revolutionaries in Gaziantep, Turkey; it argues that waiting for detainees to be freed, for return to the homeland or for the revolutionary cycle's repetition and closure, deeply modifies displaced Syrians' relation to present, past and future. Syrians' waiting thus appears reversed - directed to the pas…
Towards an Anthropology of Defeat
How does one study a revolution and its defeat in the aftermath of large-scale political violence? What traces does a revolution, its repression and defeat leave on people’s bodies, self, social and gendered norms, as well as lifeworlds? Based on long-term ethnographic work with Syrian revolutionaries displaced to the city of Gaziantep, located in the Syrian-Turkish borderland, between 2013 and 2019, this article interrogates what an anthropology…
Halaqas, relational subjects, and revolutionary committees in Syria
Through an ethnographic account of Syrian halaqas (Sunni religious circles) from the 1980s until the 2011 Syrian revolution, this article argues that halaqas have a revolutionary potential. The analysis demonstrates that Syrian religious circles are spaces of self-transformation that have heterotopic qualities. The Darayya halaqa studied here is a space where present and future are collapsed: a space in which future revolutionary selves and socie…
Waiting For The Revolution To End
Waiting for the Revolution to End explores the Syrian revolution through the experiences of citizens in exile. Based on more than three years of embedded fieldwork with Syrians displaced in the border city of Gaziantep (southern Turkey), the book places the Syrian revolution and its tragic aftermath under ethnographic scrutiny. It charts the evolution from peaceful uprising (2011) to armed confrontation (2012), descent into fully fledged conflict…
Present/absent futures
This article explores time and temporality in the wake of the defeat of the Syrian 2011 revolution. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among Syrian revolutionaries in Gaziantep, Turkey; it argues that waiting for detainees to be freed, for return to the homeland or for the revolutionary cycle's repetition and closure, deeply modifies displaced Syrians' relation to present, past and future. Syrians' waiting thus appears reversed - directed to the pas…
From Syria to Gaza
This article examines the emic comparisons drawn by Syrian revolutionaries with Palestinians and the situation of oppression and destruction in their own country, particularly with reference to Gaza. It describes the central place of Palestine in my Syrian interlocutors' framing of becoming revolutionaries, and the forms of solidarity that developed in their praxis before, during and after the 2011 revolution. It thus aims to present a counter-hi…
History (5 works) · Middle East Politics and Society (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Turkey's Politics and Society (2 works) · Ancient history (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work)