Tracing Home: Knowledge Production in Multigenerational Palestinian Displacement

In our globalised world, voices of refugees and internally displaced people are often marginalised or unheard. This article examines how displaced people create knowledge and perceive the concept of home in a diaspora. Drawing on empirical data and interviews conducted with Palestinian refugees in Syria, who were displaced during the contemporary conflict in Syria (2011–2024), this article aims to comprehend the transmission, (re-)production, and promotion of displacement narratives over time. The article explores how the most recent experience of displacement and forced migration has transformed the perception of ‘homeland’ among Palestinian refugees in Syria. I argue that the massive scale of displacement that took place between 2011–2024 can have a far greater impact on not only Palestinian Syrians but also on the production and perception of displaced people’s knowledge. This article highlights the importance of preserving memory and narratives of multigenerational displacement.