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T1  - Lebanese Kurds and Rojava : a transnational perpective 
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UR  - URN:NBN:fi:hulib-202106012422; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/330481 
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A1  - Huovila, Miriam 
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PB  - Helsingin yliopisto 
Y1  - 2021 
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AB  - This thesis provides a transnational perspective to Lebanese Kurds, particularly regarding their activism and networks related to Rojava, the Kurdish areas in northern Syria. After Armenians, Kurds form the second-largest non-Arab ethnic group in Lebanon. By estimate, around 100,000-150,000 Kurds reside in Lebanon, most of them holding Lebanese citizenship. Since 2011, the war in Syria has led around 20,000 Syrian Kurds to seek shelter in neighboring Lebanon. In January 2018, Turkey launched an ... 
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KW  - Transational activism; transnational networks; transnational contention; diffusion; Kurds; Lebanon; Rojava; Afrikan ja Lähi-idän tutkimus; African and Middle Eastern Studies Track; Afrika- och Mellanösternforskning; Alue- ja kulttuurintutkimuksen maisteriohjelma; Master's Programme in Area and Cultural Studies; Magisterprogrammet i region- och kulturstudier 
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