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Author Darke, Diana, author.

Title My house in Damascus : an inside view of the Syrian revolution / Diana Darke
Published London : Haus Publishing, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Contents My House in Damascus; Dedication; Contents; 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 Charity
Summary 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
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 7, 2016)
Subject Darke, Diana -- Homes and haunts -- Syria -- Damascus
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
Homes
SUBJECT Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012001320
Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Personal narratives, British
Subject Syria
Syria -- Damascus
Genre/Form Personal narratives
History
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781908323651
1908323655
1908323647
9781908323644