[5] Sayigh's masters' thesis was about the experience of Palestinians displaced to Lebanon, based on research and interviews undertaken at refugee camps in or near Beirut.
[5][4] After graduating from the University of Oxford in 1948, Sayigh moved to Italy, first working as an au pair and then as an assistant at a British Institute Library.
After her contract at Queen Aliya College ended, having developed a relationship with her future husband Yusif, Sayigh moved to Beirut, Lebanon to marry and live with him.
[2] Sayigh stopped writing for The Economist in 1970, when she left due to disapproval of the magazine's "uncritical, pro-American position on the Vietnam War.
Sayigh presented a lecture version of the archive to the 15th International Oral History Association Conference in Prague, Czech Republic in July 2010.
[10] In 2000, she became a visiting lecturer in oral history and anthropology at the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (CAMES) at the American University of Beirut.
[4][11] In 2009, the Journal of Palestine Studies published a special issue in honour of Sayigh's work, including an article entitled "A Tribute Long Overdue".
[12][10] In 2017, Sherna Berger-Gluck's introduction to the November issue of the Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies was titled "Rosemary Sayigh, A Tribute".