A Revolution’s Memoir: Travelling Memory in Hādī Al-‘Abd Allāh’s Critical Conditions
Columbu, A. 2026. A Revolution’s Memoir: Travelling Memory in Hādī Al-‘Abd Allāh’s Critical Conditions. Oriente Moderno.
| Title | A Revolution’s Memoir: Travelling Memory in Hādī Al-‘Abd Allāh’s Critical Conditions |
|---|---|
| Type | Journal article |
| Authors | Columbu, A. |
| Abstract | This article explores the role of memoir writing amid the violence of the Syrian revolution and subsequent civil war (2011-2024), through a close reading of Critical Conditions by Syrian media activist and frontline reporter Hadi Abdullah. Employing Astrid Erll’s concept of travelling memory and situated within a wider corpus of Syrian revolutionary memoirs and autobiographical-political writings, the memoir is examined as a personal testimony and an artifact that, through the themes and the lexical choices of its author, acquires significance beyond the context of the Syrian revolution and subsequent civil war. |
| Journal | Oriente Moderno |
| ISSN | 2213-8617 |
| 0030-5472 | |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publisher | Brill |
| Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |
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| Published | 2026 |