Abstract The camp and the city are both important for understanding the relationship between space and identity in the refugee experience of exile. In the Palestinian example, the camp has emerged as a potent symbol in the narrative of exile although only a third of refugees registered with UNRWA live in camps. Moreover, the city and urban refugees remain missing in most of the scholarship on the Palestinian experience with space, exile, and identity. Furthermore, there is little attention to how refugees understand the concept of the city and camp in their daily life. This article examines how Palestinian urban refugees in the Old City of Damascus conceptualized the relationship between the camp and the city. It illustrates how the concept of the camp remained necessary for the construction of their collective national identity while in Syria. However, the city was essential in the articulation of individual desires and establishing social distinction from other refugees. Thus, during a protracted exile it is in the interstice between the city and the camp, where most urban refugees in the Old City situated themselves, that informed their national belonging and personal aspirations.

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城市和难民营之间的巴勒斯坦难民

摘要 营地和城市对于理解流亡难民体验中空间与身份的关系都很重要。在巴勒斯坦的例子中，尽管在近东救济工程处登记的难民中只有三分之一生活在难民营中，但难民营已成为流亡叙事中的一个有力象征。此外，在大多数关于巴勒斯坦空间、流放和身份体验的奖学金中，城市和城市难民仍然缺失。此外，很少有人关注难民在日常生活中如何理解城市和营地的概念。本文探讨了大马士革老城的巴勒斯坦城市难民如何概念化营地与城市之间的关系。它说明了在叙利亚期间，营地的概念如何对于构建他们的集体民族认同仍然必不可少。然而，这座城市对于表达个人愿望和建立与其他难民的社会区别至关重要。因此，在长期流放期间，正是在城市和难民营之间的空隙中，旧城中的大多数城市难民都居住在那里，这体现了他们的民族归属感和个人愿望。