My house in Damascus : an inside view of the Syrian Revolution /
Darke, Diana,
My house in Damascus : an inside view of the Syrian Revolution / Diana Darke. - 1 online resource (176 pages) : maps
Machine generated contents note: 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.
How did Syria's revolution lose its way? 'My House in Damascus' illuminates the darker recesses not just of Syria's history and politics, but also of its society and secrets. Diana Dark's firsthand experience of Syria's many diverse communities explains why Syria was always a special case and why the Assad regime was never likely to collapse.
9781908323651
Darke, Diana.
Syria--History--Civil War, 2011-
Syria--History--Civil War, 2011---Personal narratives.
Electronic books.
DS98.6 / .D36 2014
956.91042
My house in Damascus : an inside view of the Syrian Revolution / Diana Darke. - 1 online resource (176 pages) : maps
Machine generated contents note: 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.
How did Syria's revolution lose its way? 'My House in Damascus' illuminates the darker recesses not just of Syria's history and politics, but also of its society and secrets. Diana Dark's firsthand experience of Syria's many diverse communities explains why Syria was always a special case and why the Assad regime was never likely to collapse.
9781908323651
Darke, Diana.
Syria--History--Civil War, 2011-
Syria--History--Civil War, 2011---Personal narratives.
Electronic books.
DS98.6 / .D36 2014
956.91042