Since 2011, millions of Syrians have been displaced by the ongoing civil war. In her new book, Refuge, the author Heba Gowayed follows Syrians who have resettled in the U.S., Canada and Germany. She argues that whether they find their footing in their new homes is less about individual choice and more about how attitudes about race shape the kind of help available to people in need.
Heba Gowayed is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Boston University. Her research, which is global and comparative, examines how low-income people traverse social services, immigration laws, and their associated bureaucracies, while grappling with gender and racial inequalities. She is author of Refuge, published with Princeton University Press, which explores how states shape the potential of people pursuing refuge within their borders.
