The Resource The crossing : my journey to the shattered heart of Syria, Samar Yazbek ; translated by Nashwa Gowanlock and Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
The crossing : my journey to the shattered heart of Syria, Samar Yazbek ; translated by Nashwa Gowanlock and Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
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- Summary
- Samar Yazbek was well known in her native Syria as a writer and a journalist but, in 2011, she fell foul of the Assad regime and was forced to flee. Since then, determined to bear witness to the suffering of her people, she has bravely revisited her homeland by squeezing through a hole in the fence on the Turkish border. In this book, she testifies to the appalling reality that is Syria today. From the first innocent demonstrations for democracy, through the beginnings of the Free Syrian Army, to the arrival of ISIS, she offers remarkable snapshots of soldiers, children, ordinary men and women simply trying to stay alive
- Language
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- eng
- ara
- eng
- Extent
- 288 pages
- Note
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- Originally published: 2015
- Translated from the Arabic
- Isbn
- 9781846044885
- Label
- The crossing : my journey to the shattered heart of Syria
- Title
- The crossing
- Title remainder
- my journey to the shattered heart of Syria
- Statement of responsibility
- Samar Yazbek ; translated by Nashwa Gowanlock and Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
- Language
-
- eng
- ara
- eng
- Summary
- Samar Yazbek was well known in her native Syria as a writer and a journalist but, in 2011, she fell foul of the Assad regime and was forced to flee. Since then, determined to bear witness to the suffering of her people, she has bravely revisited her homeland by squeezing through a hole in the fence on the Turkish border. In this book, she testifies to the appalling reality that is Syria today. From the first innocent demonstrations for democracy, through the beginnings of the Free Syrian Army, to the arrival of ISIS, she offers remarkable snapshots of soldiers, children, ordinary men and women simply trying to stay alive
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Yazbek, Samar
- Dewey number
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- 956.9'1'042092
- 956.91042092
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Gowanlock, Nashwa
- Kemp, Ruth Ahmedzai
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Yazbek, Samar
- Syria
- Syria
- Syria
- History
- Label
- The crossing : my journey to the shattered heart of Syria, Samar Yazbek ; translated by Nashwa Gowanlock and Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
- Note
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- Originally published: 2015
- Translated from the Arabic
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781846044885
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9781846044885
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Label
- The crossing : my journey to the shattered heart of Syria, Samar Yazbek ; translated by Nashwa Gowanlock and Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
- Note
-
- Originally published: 2015
- Translated from the Arabic
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781846044885
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9781846044885
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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