A woman in the crossfire : diaries of the Syrian revolution / Samar Yazbek ; translated from the Arabic by Max Weiss ; [foreword by Rafik Schami].
By: Yazbik, Samar.
Contributor(s): Weiss, Max | Schami, Rafik.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Haus Pub., 2012Description: xii, 269 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781908323125 (pbk.); 1908323124 (pbk.).Uniform titles: Taqāṭuʻ nīrān. English Subject(s): Yazbik, Samar -- Diaries | Women journalists -- Syria -- 21st century -- Diaries | Journalists -- Syria -- 21st century -- Diaries | Political violence -- Syria -- History -- 21st century | Protest movements -- Syria -- History -- 21st century | Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- | Syria -- History -- 21st century | Syria -- Politics and government -- 2000- | Syria -- Social conditions -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 956.91042092 Summary: This work is a devastating and personal account of the ongoing uprising in Syria from a prominent Syrian journalist now in hiding. The author, a well known novelist and journalist from the coastal city of Jableh, has witnessed the first four months of the uprising first hand and actively participated in a variety of public actions and budding social movements. Throughout this period she kept a diary of personal reflections on, and observations of, this historic time. Because of the outspoken views she published in print and online, she quickly attracted the attention and fury of the regime, and vicious rumours started to spread about her disloyalty to the homeland and to the Alawite community that she belongs to. This narrative weaves together her independent struggle to protect herself and her young daughter even as her activism propels her into a daunting labyrinth of insecurity after she is forced from her home into living on the run and detained multiple times, expelled from the Alawite community and repudiated by her family, her hometown and even her childhood friends. With empathy and journalistic rigour she began to compile oral testimonies from ordinary Syrians, both as a means of documenting contemporary history and as a way for her to better understand the forces that contributed to the outbreak of the uprising. Filled with snapshots of exhilarating hope and horrifying atrocities, she offers us a unique perspective on the Syrian uprising. Hers is a modest yet powerful testament to the strength and commitment of countless unnamed, individual Syrians who have united to fight for their freedom. These diaries will inspire all those who read them and challenge the world to look anew at the trials and tribulations of the Syrian uprising.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Translation of: Taqāṭuʻ nīrān : min yawmīyāt al-intifāḍah al-Sūrīyah.
This work is a devastating and personal account of the ongoing uprising in Syria from a prominent Syrian journalist now in hiding. The author, a well known novelist and journalist from the coastal city of Jableh, has witnessed the first four months of the uprising first hand and actively participated in a variety of public actions and budding social movements. Throughout this period she kept a diary of personal reflections on, and observations of, this historic time. Because of the outspoken views she published in print and online, she quickly attracted the attention and fury of the regime, and vicious rumours started to spread about her disloyalty to the homeland and to the Alawite community that she belongs to. This narrative weaves together her independent struggle to protect herself and her young daughter even as her activism propels her into a daunting labyrinth of insecurity after she is forced from her home into living on the run and detained multiple times, expelled from the Alawite community and repudiated by her family, her hometown and even her childhood friends. With empathy and journalistic rigour she began to compile oral testimonies from ordinary Syrians, both as a means of documenting contemporary history and as a way for her to better understand the forces that contributed to the outbreak of the uprising. Filled with snapshots of exhilarating hope and horrifying atrocities, she offers us a unique perspective on the Syrian uprising. Hers is a modest yet powerful testament to the strength and commitment of countless unnamed, individual Syrians who have united to fight for their freedom. These diaries will inspire all those who read them and challenge the world to look anew at the trials and tribulations of the Syrian uprising.
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