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War forced millions of Syrians from their homes. It also forced them to rethink the meaning of home itself. A tapestry of voices of displaced Syrians now on five continents, The Home I Worked to Make shares their journeys through revolution, war, displacement, and self-discovery. As anti-migrant rhetoric intensifies across the world, these gripping stories challenge readers to grapple with refugees’ hard-earned wisdom about belonging and to see, with fresh eyes, what home means in their own lives.

Wendy Pearlman is Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. She is the author of six books on the Middle East. Her three books on Palestine are informed by her experiences living in both the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Her three books on Syria are based on interviews that she has done with more than 500 displaced Syrians around the world about their experiences of revolution, war, displacement, and belonging.