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While humanitarian organizations repeatedly rely on \u201cresilience\u201d frameworks, our work focuses on Syrian communities\u2019 native language, history, lived realities, and cultural idioms such as Sumud (steadfastness) and Sabr (patience).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study explores how Syrian refugee mothers living in Lesvos define, practice, and transmit resilience to their children throughout their journey, and examines the extent to which NGO interventions align with their culturally informed understandings of resilience.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Eight Syrian refugee women residing in Kara Tepe camp participated in semi-structured interviews conducted in Arabic. Data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis within an interpretivist and decolonial framework, emphasizing women\u2019s own voice, language, and narrative.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Four overarching themes appeared.\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">(1) Becoming Through Sabr<\/jats:italic>\n                      showed that women described their resilience primarily through Sabr; a cultural and spiritual form of patient endurance. Resilience was both a necessity and a way of reclaiming autonomy.\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">(2) Roots without Soil<\/jats:italic>\n                      captured how motherhood constantly transforms in exile as many become solo mothers. Intergenerational resilience was marked by storytelling, future promises, and spiritual reassurance.\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">(3) The Paradox of Sanctuary<\/jats:italic>\n                      reflected the dire conditions they faced along their journey and the contradiction between the promised haven and the reality of \u201csanctuary\u201d.\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">(4) NGO Support and Gaps<\/jats:italic>\n                      demonstrated that women appreciate kind treatment, yet significant gaps still persisted in addressing ecological needs, cultural and gender-specific adaptations, and structural alignment.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Resilience for Syrian mothers was embodied through Sabr, maternal responsibility, family bonds, and communal solidarity. Their narratives call for humanitarian interventions co-created with the community and that address the gap between humanitarian policy and on-the-ground implementation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/17455057261473454","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,20]],"date-time":"2026-08-20T09:28:59Z","timestamp":1787218139000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["<i>\u201cI tell them to have Sumud, have Sabr, for your children, for yourself\u201d<\/i>\n                    : Culturally informed resilience and humanitarian gaps among Syrian refugee women in Greece"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Karen","family":"Youssef","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, University of Oslo"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2589-7884","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gulnaz","family":"Anjum","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Oslo"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Halina","family":"Grzyma\u0142a-Moszczy\u0144ska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ignatianum University in Krakow"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_9_2_2","first-page":"19","article-title":"Gendered impacts of the Syrian civil war","volume":"2","author":"Shafi JU","year":"2019","unstructured":"Shafi JU. 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