“It gave us a thrill”: Emotions, exile, and narratives of (dis)engagement among activists from Syria

Building on qualitative interviews with Syrians who participated in the anti-regime movement of 2011 and now live Berlin Oslo, article unpacks ways that these contexts affected participants’ decision to continue or disrupt their activism exile. By analyzing activist trajectories from revolution exile drawing concept emotional resonance, I reveal how Oslo provided participants different environments when dealing past experiences participation. show while mobilizing structures spaces for resonated needs activists, enabling them behalf Syria, failed produce could respond activists’ needs, playing a part disengagement there. The extends resonance adds study Syrian diasporas emotions uprising.