My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis
Autor Diana Darkeen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 aug 2015
How
did
Syria’s
revolution
reach
this
its
current
boiling
point?
And
what’s
next?
This
updated
edition
ofMy
House
in
Damascus offers
an
insider’s
view
on
these
questions
and
the
darker
recesses
of
Syria’s
history,
politics,
and
society.
Diana Darke, a fluent Arabic speaker who moved to Damascus in 2004 after decades of regular visits, details how the Assad regime, and its relationship to the people, differs from the regimes in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya—and why it was thus always less likely to collapse quickly, even in the face of widespread unrest and violence. Through the author’s firsthand experiences of buying and restoring a house in the old city of Damascus, which she later offered as a sanctuary to friends, Darke presents a clear picture of the realities of life on the ground and what hope there is for Syria’s future. Including additional material on topics like the advance of the Islamic State, as well as a new epilogue describing the current turmoil surrounding her house and the refugees she tried to help, this edition ofMy House in Damascuspowerfully documents the human cost of the ongoing civil war.
Diana Darke, a fluent Arabic speaker who moved to Damascus in 2004 after decades of regular visits, details how the Assad regime, and its relationship to the people, differs from the regimes in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya—and why it was thus always less likely to collapse quickly, even in the face of widespread unrest and violence. Through the author’s firsthand experiences of buying and restoring a house in the old city of Damascus, which she later offered as a sanctuary to friends, Darke presents a clear picture of the realities of life on the ground and what hope there is for Syria’s future. Including additional material on topics like the advance of the Islamic State, as well as a new epilogue describing the current turmoil surrounding her house and the refugees she tried to help, this edition ofMy House in Damascuspowerfully documents the human cost of the ongoing civil war.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781908323996
ISBN-10: 190832399X
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 2 maps
Dimensiuni: 140 x 222 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: HAUS PUBLISHING
Colecția Haus Publishing
ISBN-10: 190832399X
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 2 maps
Dimensiuni: 140 x 222 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: HAUS PUBLISHING
Colecția Haus Publishing
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Notă biografică
Diana Darke is the author of the Bradt Travel Guide to Syria and has had a keen interest in the country since her first visit in 1978. She was forced to leave Damascus when the revolution began, but she has returned multiple times since.
Cuprins
Preface
1. Worlds of Conflict and Harmony
2. Unescorted
3. Escorted
4. Nobody’s Poodle
5. Into the Unknown
6. The Dead Auntie
7. Insurance Against Fate?
8. Revelations
9. Friends and Brides
10. The Donkey Between Two Carrots
11. The Law and Educational Corruption
12. Completion and the Caretaker
13. No Return
14. Monasteries and Desperation
15. Thugs and Tamerlane
16. The Triumph of Asabiyya
17. Future Imperfect and Perfect
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Cast of Characters
A Note on the Choice of Clarity
1. Worlds of Conflict and Harmony
2. Unescorted
3. Escorted
4. Nobody’s Poodle
5. Into the Unknown
6. The Dead Auntie
7. Insurance Against Fate?
8. Revelations
9. Friends and Brides
10. The Donkey Between Two Carrots
11. The Law and Educational Corruption
12. Completion and the Caretaker
13. No Return
14. Monasteries and Desperation
15. Thugs and Tamerlane
16. The Triumph of Asabiyya
17. Future Imperfect and Perfect
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Cast of Characters
A Note on the Choice of Clarity
Recenzii
"Diana
Darke
brings
her
vivid
eye
and
human
sensitivity
to
a
country
we
only
know
through
recent
bloodshed.
I
felt
I
had
travelled
deep
into
its
heart
when
I
finished
her
remarkable
book."
“[My House in Damascus] glows with . . . an understanding of and affection for the peoples of Syria.”
“Written with honesty, wit and affection.”
“Darke’s powerful, moving new book . . . elegantly contrasts a real estate dream with Syria’s ongoing violent reality. . . . Her sensitive, knowing story captures a rare view of Syria and the stakes of the conflict from an up-close observer deeply versed in its culture.”
“A marvelous book—surely among the best and most sensitive of the hundreds published on Syria since war erupted. . . . Its pages brim with local characters and colors.”
“[A] moving tribute . . . to the Syria that has been lost.”
“Humane and elegantly written.”
Descriere
How did Syria’s revolution reach this its current boiling point? And what’s next? This updated edition of My House in Damascus offers an insider’s view on these questions and the darker recesses of Syria’s history, politics, and society.
Diana Darke, a fluent Arabic speaker who moved to Damascus in 2004 after decades of regular visits, details how the Assad regime, and its relationship to the people, differs from the regimes in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya—and why it was thus always less likely to collapse quickly, even in the face of widespread unrest and violence. Through the author’s firsthand experiences of buying and restoring a house in the old city of Damascus, which she later offered as a sanctuary to friends, Darke presents a clear picture of the realities of life on the ground and what hope there is for Syria’s future. Including additional material on topics like the advance of the Islamic State, as well as a new epilogue describing the current turmoil surrounding her house and the refugees she tried to help, this edition of My House in Damascus powerfully documents the human cost of the ongoing civil war.
Diana Darke, a fluent Arabic speaker who moved to Damascus in 2004 after decades of regular visits, details how the Assad regime, and its relationship to the people, differs from the regimes in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya—and why it was thus always less likely to collapse quickly, even in the face of widespread unrest and violence. Through the author’s firsthand experiences of buying and restoring a house in the old city of Damascus, which she later offered as a sanctuary to friends, Darke presents a clear picture of the realities of life on the ground and what hope there is for Syria’s future. Including additional material on topics like the advance of the Islamic State, as well as a new epilogue describing the current turmoil surrounding her house and the refugees she tried to help, this edition of My House in Damascus powerfully documents the human cost of the ongoing civil war.