The Arab uprisings of 2011, and their slogans of freedom, dignity and justice, gave the Arab diaspora hope. Their aftermath led to disappointment, but many Arab diasporans still dream of returning home. The tension between their real, imagined and in-transit homes keeps these immigrants in home and exile simultaneously. The paper analyses the negotiation between distant and present, real and imagined homes, in finding and settling into a new home in the Arab diaspora in Berlin. It discusses the theory that the modern public sphere is primarily attached to territorially defined modern nation-states. Migration and transnationalism have challenged the bounded nature of nation-states and have allowed forces from and outside national territories to interact with forces beyond territorial limits, via satellite TV channels, social media and migration. This transnational push in the national public sphere has empowered the Arab diaspora to renegotiate their belonging to their host and home countries.

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在流亡中谈判家园

2011 年的阿拉伯起义及其自由、尊严和正义的口号给散居在外的阿拉伯人带来了希望。他们的后果令人失望，但许多阿拉伯侨民仍然梦想着回家。他们真实的、想象的和途中的家园之间的紧张关系使这些移民同时在家中和流亡。本文分析了远方与现实、真实与想象的家园之间的谈判，以寻找和安置柏林的阿拉伯侨民的新家。它讨论了现代公共领域主要依附于领土界定的现代民族国家的理论。移民和跨国主义挑战了民族国家的有限性，并允许国家领土内外的力量通过卫星与领土范围以外的力量互动电视渠道、社交媒体和移民。这种在国家公共领域的跨国推动使阿拉伯侨民能够重新谈判他们对东道国和祖国的归属。