International Literature Project Series - Preparing Social Work Students to Practice in An Interconnected World - Immigration - Nonfiction from Syria & Myanmar: After the Last Border

Sep 24, 2026

Upload by Putri

Nonfiction educational resources on the Syrian and Myanmar refugee experience, centered on Jessica Goudeau’s After the Last Border. Includes excerpt support, author bio, definitions of refugees, and teaching context that connects displacement, resettlement, and social work practice in an interconnected world. Adds curated readings, playlists, and video series, plus background materials and reports on gendered realities for Syrian refugee women, including displacement impacts, poverty and shelter vulnerability context, and participation barriers in peace processes.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryPresentations

FormatPDF

Pages5

Reading Time2 min

AccessFree to download

Immigration

Nonfiction from Syria & Myanmar: After the Last Border

Teaching and learning resources

Definitions and context

Curated readings and video playlists

International Literature Project Series Preparing Social Work Students to Practice in An Interconnected World IMMIGRATION NONFICTION FROM SYRIA & MYANMAR: After the Last Border A story of refugee displacement and resettlement in a reluctant America by Jessica Goudeau FULL-LENGTH BOOK Multi-media teaching and learning resources, including author bio, socio-geographic-political and cultural context, and resources for social work practice. | Excerpt | “The first knock on her door the next morning was a Syrian woman who lived a few buildings over. Hasna was so grateful to see her and hear her Arabic with its thick Aleppo accent, she nearly cried ”
Click here to see full excerpt. | | | --- | --- | --- | | About | Definitions
refugees
People who have fled war, violence, conflict or persecution and have crossed an international border to find safety in another country. (UNHCR, UN Refugee Agency) | | | Author bio | | Jessica Goudeau has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Teen Vogue, among many other places, and is a former columnist for Catapult. She produced projects for Teen Vogue (“Ask a Syrian Girl”) and “A Line Birds Cannot See,” a documentary about a young girl who crossed the border into the US on her own that was distributed by The New Yorker. Goudeau has spent more than a decade working with refugees in Austin, TX. ([www.jessicagoudeau.com](www.jessicagoudeau.com)) | | Context | Interview: After the Last Border, A Conversation with Jessica Goudeau
C-SPAN (Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Georgetown University) | | | | 101 Facts & Figures on the Syrian Refugee Crisis Volume II
American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Syria
UNHCR, UN Refugee Agency
Who We Are: 70 Years of the UN Refugee Agency
UNHCR, UN Refugee Agency | | --- | --- | | Playlist | Arts & Culture: Exploring the Syrian war through the country’s arts and culture scene
The New Humanitarian
My Syrian Culture (Youth Essay)
One World Education
Ask a Syrian Girl Video Series
Teen Vogue
7 videos guaranteed to change the way you see refugees
UNHCR, UN Refugee Agency | | Related
readings | RefugeeOne Good Books
Reading lists, videos, and podcasts for children and adults
Refugee One, Chicago | Reading resources template based on the Teaching and Learning Resources by Words Without Borders Campus ([wwb-campus.org](wwb-campus.org)) . SOCIAL WORK TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCES Realities in displacement: A focus on the experiences of Syrian refugee women Women Alone: The fight for Survival by Syria’s Refugee Women UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency “What happens when life as you know it changes overnight? When your role as a mother, wife, sister, or daughter, suddenly switches to that of the main provider and head of the household? How do you cope when thrust into an uncertain terrain that leaves you exposed to unfamiliar risks, and struggling just to make it through the day? Over the past three years, 2.8 million people have had to flee the civil war in Syria – nearly four in five of them women and children. They have faced dramatic changes to every part of their lives, with a direct effect on the structure of Syrian communities in exile. This report tells the story of one group – women who head their households alone – who face a particularly difficult challenge [based on interviews with Syrian women in Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt]. Before the war, many of these women were supported by the men who headed their households, with comfortable lives, emotional support networks, and friends and family close by. But when violent conflict broke out in 2011, all of that changed. Their societies fell apart, and they had to flee to a new place, often taking with them little: a suitcase of necessary items, their wedding rings and their memories. Leaving their homes behind was only the first step in a journey that would change their live

FAQs

What is the document’s focus?

It focuses on preparing social work students through nonfiction materials about refugee displacement and resettlement, specifically Syrian and Myanmar contexts centered on After the Last Border.

Who is Jessica Goudeau in these resources?

Jessica Goudeau is the author of After the Last Border, with a background in major journalism outlets and extensive work supporting refugees in Austin, Texas.

What background topics are included to support teaching?

The resources include a definition of refugees and contextual materials describing displacement realities, with special emphasis on gendered experiences of Syrian refugee women.

Sep 24, 2026

Upload by Putri