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Among the Ruins - Syria Past and Present (Hardcover)
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Among the Ruins - Syria Past and Present (Hardcover)
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As a civil war shatters a country and consumes its people,
historian Christian Sahner offers a poignant account of Syria,
where the past profoundly shapes its dreadful present. Among the
Ruins blends history, memoir and reportage, drawing on the author's
extensive knowledge of Syria in ancient, medieval, and modern
times, as well as his experiences living in the Levant on the eve
of the war and in the midst of the 'Arab Spring'. These plotlines
converge in a rich narrative of a country in constant flux -- a
place renewed by the very shifts that, in the near term, are
proving so destructive. Sahner focuses on five themes of interest
to anyone intrigued and dismayed by Syria's fragmentation since
2011: the role of Christianity in society; the arrival of Islam;
the rise of sectarianism and competing minorities; the emergence of
the Ba'ath Party; and the current pitiless civil war. Among the
Ruins is a brisk and illuminating read, an accessible introduction
to a country with an enormously rich past and a tragic present. For
anyone seeking to understand Syria, this book should be their
starting point.
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