This chapter explores the central theme of meaning-making within the Syrian revolution. It focuses on how exiled intellectuals grappled with the loss of hope and disenfranchisement as the revolution became increasingly militarised. Intellectuals in exile worked to construct new frameworks of meaning, using revolution as a source of existential and cultural significance. The chapter examines how revolutionary language and narratives were liberated from state-controlled discourse and reinterpreted by intellectuals to align with their visions for Syria’s future. However, the chapter also addresses the growing sense of disenfranchisement as these intellectual narratives lost impact amid the rise of competing ideologies and factions within the revolutionary movement.