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The chapter investigates how the social, economic, and political Lebanese context has unexpectedly shown a remarkable capacity to absorb the effects of the Syrian crisis. Local communities in Lebanon have been playing a crucial role by ensuring this relative stability in a territory affected by a massive presence of Syrian refugees and, in many cases, physically close to war-torn Syrian areas. This chapter is the result of in-depth fieldwork conducted since 2012 in various Lebanese areas close to the border with Syria: Wadi Khalid, Tall ‘Abbas, and Marj al Khawkh. It describes the physical and rhetorical relationship between the border and both refugees and Lebanese nationals, and the development of local (often supranational) identities that go beyond the border itself.
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Trombetta, L. (2017). “Willy-Nilly We Have to Live Side by Side”: Relationships Between Locals and Newcomers at the Syria–Lebanon Border. In: Di Peri, R., Meier, D. (eds) Lebanon Facing The Arab Uprisings. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-352-00005-4_2
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