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Daughter Of Damascus
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Author : Siham Tergeman
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 1994
Daughter Of Damascus written by Siham Tergeman and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This book presents a personal account of a Syrian woman's youth in the Suq Saruja (old city) of Damascus in the first half of this century. Author Tergeman wrote the original memoir, Ya Mal al-Sham, in Arabic to preserve the details of a genuine Arab past for Syrian young people and to help them appreciate the architecture of the old quarter with its reminders of earlier values.
Daughter Of Damascus
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Author : Siham Tergeman
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 1993
Daughter Of Damascus written by Siham Tergeman and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Daughter of Damascus presents a personal account of a Syrian woman's youth in the Suq Saruja ("old city") quarter of Damascus in the 1940s. Siham Tergeman wrote this book to preserve the details of a "genuine Arab past" for Syrian young people. In it, she relates the customs pertaining to marriage, birth, circumcision, and death. She writes of Ramadan festivities, family picnics to the orchards of the Ghuta, weekly trips to the public bath, her school experiences, Damascene cooking, peddlers' calls, and proverbs. She includes the well-known dramatic skits, songs, and tales of the Syrian Hakawati storytellers. And, through the words of her father, she describes the difficult period when Syrians were involved in the Balkans War and World War I. All this wealth of ethnographic detail is set in real-life vignettes that make the book lively and entertaining reading. Little has been published about modern Syrian social life. In this English translation of an Arabic memoir originally published in Syria in 1978, Tergeman appeals to a wide audience. General readers will find a charming story, while scholars can find source material for university courses in anthropology, sociology, family and women's studies, and Middle Eastern area studies. The introduction by anthropologist Andrea Rugh portrays Syrian social life for Western readers and points out some of the nuances that might escape the attention of those unacquainted with Arab culture.
Daughter Of Damascus
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Author : Hussin Alkheder
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2023-10-02
Daughter Of Damascus written by Hussin Alkheder and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-02 with categories.
On a significant day in January 2010, the Damascus apartment building, rarely visited by Syrian authorities, becomes the backdrop for a captivating chain of events. On a couch within, lies Hadiya Kishat, lifeless, surrounded by her startled children, as her husband and father-in-law hurriedly assure the police that everything is fine. An enigmatic envelope discreetly was exchanged between hands, and the case appears to vanish into the shadows. In the weeks that follow, Ahmad, Hadiya's brother, troubled by the circumstances of his sister's passing and the puzzling hardship faced by her children despite her husband's prosperous career in Dubai, seeks solace and answers from the curious "unofficial private detective" Mullah Abdullah Al-Allab. Embarking on the investigation, Mullah Abdullah ventures to Dubai, where he encounters Hadiya's elusive and wealthy widower, Mazen Mis'ed. Although the mullah's visit yields meager information, his return to Syria holds unexpected horrors as he finds himself detained, tortured, and enmeshed in baffling enigmas. Upon regaining his freedom, Mullah Abdullah learns that Salah Almawazly, his favorite student at the mosque, has disappeared without a trace. Unbeknownst to him, Salah's involvement with a secretive religious organization dedicated to restoring an Islamic caliphate has deepened, and he has recruited Hadiya's disabled son, Khaled, who suffers from a congenital bone disorder, into their ranks. Now, the mullah, renowned for his penchant for amateur sleuthing, must assume the role of a genuine investigator to unravel the true destinies of Hadiya and Salah, and uncover the elusive secret that binds them together.
The Daughters Of Syria
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Author : Elizabeth Maria Bowen Thompson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872
The Daughters Of Syria written by Elizabeth Maria Bowen Thompson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872 with Church work with women categories.
A New Old Damascus
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Author : Christa Salamandra
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2004-12-10
A New Old Damascus written by Christa Salamandra and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-10 with Social Science categories.
"[F]illed with rare encounters with Syria's oldest, most elite families. Critics of anthropology's taste for exoticism and marginality will savor this study of upper-class Damascus, a world that is urbane and cosmopolitan, yet in many ways as remote as the settings in which the best ethnography has traditionally been done.... [Written] with a nuanced appreciation of the cultural forms in question and how Damascenes themselves think, talk about, and create them." -- Andrew Shryock In contemporary urban Syria, debates about the representation, preservation, and restoration of the Old City of Damascus have become part of status competition and identity construction among the city's elite. In theme restaurants and nightclubs that play on images of Syrian tradition, in television programs, nostalgic literature, and visual art, and in the rhetoric of historic preservation groups, the idea of the Old City has become a commodity for the consumption of tourists and, most important, of new and old segments of the Syrian upper class. In this lively ethnographic study, Christa Salamandra argues that in deploying and debating such representations, Syrians dispute the past and criticize the present. Indiana Series in Middle East Studies -- Mark Tessler, general editor
The Daughter Of Patience
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Author : Hussin Alkheder
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2019-04-08
The Daughter Of Patience written by Hussin Alkheder and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-08 with Damascus (Syria) categories.
It is January 2010, as two police officers emerge from their car and sprint into a building in an old Damascus neighborhood. They are joined moments later by Detective Mansuor Chait from the Criminal Security Administration and find the lifeless body of a mother of four daughters and a boy with a congenital bone disorder, inside one of the apartments. After Chait writes his report, he is handed an envelope stuffed with money. A month later, Mullah Abdullah Al-Allab, a religious man is arrested and held for interrogation in a horrifying prison without any idea of why he is there. As he teeters on the brink of madness, his best student Salah Almawazly, mysteriously disappears. Who is the only friend of Khaled, the boy with the congenital bone disorder. As their stories intertwine, only time will tell whether any will survive their challenging ordeals.
A House In Damascus Before The Fall
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Author : Brian Stoddart
language : en
Publisher: ePublishing Works!
Release Date : 2012-10-01
A House In Damascus Before The Fall written by Brian Stoddart and has been published by ePublishing Works! this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-01 with Fiction categories.
As Syria confronts an uncertain future, A House in Damascus seeks to balance the Western view with the lives and views of the everyday people living in the world’s oldest continuing capital city Drawn from the author's experiences occurring immediately before the 2011-2012 social and political upheaval, each story traces the Old City of Damascus and its people's present through the past, capturing the universal human element often missing from the strategic and political accounts. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Brian Stoddart is an Emeritus Professor of La Trobe University in Melbourne. Trained as a social historian, he now works as an international higher education reform consultant in countries such as Lao PDR, Cambodia, Jordan and Syria. www.professorbrianstoddart.com
Mass Mediations
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Author : Walter Armbrust
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2000-09-19
Mass Mediations written by Walter Armbrust and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09-19 with History categories.
This book takes a new approach to studying the contemporary Middle East, focusing on popular culture, including film, music, and television. Innovative essays by a group of smart young scholars in anthropology, history, and ethnomusicology.
A Disappearance In Damascus
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Author : Deborah Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Picador
Release Date : 2017-09-05
A Disappearance In Damascus written by Deborah Campbell and has been published by Picador this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-05 with History categories.
Winner of the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction Winner of the Freedom to Read Award Winner of the Hubert Evans Prize In the midst of an unfolding international crisis, renowned journalist Deborah Campbell finds herself swept up in the mysterious disappearance of Ahlam, her guide and friend. Campbell’s frank, personal account of a journey through fear and the triumph of friendship and courage is as riveting as it is illuminating. The story begins in 2007, when Deborah Campbell travels undercover to Damascus to report on the exodus of Iraqis into Syria, following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. There she meets and hires Ahlam, a refugee working as a “fixer”—providing Western media with trustworthy information and contacts to help get the news out. Ahlam has fled her home in Iraq after being kidnapped while running a humanitarian center. She supports her husband and two children while working to set up a makeshift school for displaced girls. Strong and charismatic, she has become an unofficial leader of the refugee community. Campbell is inspired by Ahlam’s determination to create something good amid so much suffering, and the two women become close friends. But one morning, Ahlam is seized from her home in front of Campbell’s eyes. Haunted by the prospect that their work together has led to her friend’s arrest, Campbell spends the months that follow desperately trying to find Ahlam—all the while fearing she could be next. The compelling story of two women caught up in the shadowy politics behind today’s most searing conflict, A Disappearance in Damascus reminds us of the courage of those who risk their lives to bring us the world’s news.
The Sword Of Damascus Death Of Rome Saga Book Four
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Author : Richard Blake
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-06-09
The Sword Of Damascus Death Of Rome Saga Book Four written by Richard Blake and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-09 with Fiction categories.
The fourth book of the DEATH OF ROME SAGA is a must-read for those who loved the heroism of Gladiator and Spartacus. 687 AD. Expansive and triumphant, the Caliphate has stripped Egypt and Syria from the Byzantine Empire. Farther and farther back, the formerly hegemonic Empire has been pushed - once to the very walls of its capital, Constantinople. But what is all this to old Aelric, now in his nineties, and a refugee from the Empire he's spent his life holding together? No longer the Lord Senator Alaric, Brother Aelric is writing his memoirs in the remote wastes of northern England, and waiting patiently for death. Then a band of northern barbarians turn up outside the monastery - and then another. Before he can draw another breath, Aelric is a prisoner of unknown forces, and headed straight back into the snake pit of Mediterranean hatreds. What awaits him at the end of his long and dangerous journey is a confrontation that decides the fate of all mankind.