ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the shift in ethnic and religious boundaries and negotiations of sect, labor, and state after 2011. First, it analyzes how ethnicity and sect become a relevant basis of negotiations among Antakya residents both in their encounters with Syrians and their confrontations with the state. It demonstrates how certain divisions and discussions over coexistence with Syrians inform everyday engagements and decisions, such as employment and housing among Antakya residents through an ethnographic account of shared urban spaces like the “souq” (marketplace) and various small businesses. Second, it explores how ethno-religious boundaries might be transgressed when local encounters turn into a relationship by achieving intimacy.
