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A Woman in the Crossfire (Paperback)
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A Woman in the Crossfire (Paperback)
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Loot Price R449
Discovery Miles 4 490
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A well-known novelist and journalist from the coastal city of
Jableh, Samar Yazbek witnessed the beginning 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, Yazbek quickly attracted the attention and fury
of the regime, vicious rumours started to spread about her
disloyalty to the homeland and the Alawite community to which she
belongs. The lyrical narrative describes her struggle to protect
herself and her young daughter, even as her activism propels her
into a horrifying labyrinth of insecurity after she is forced into
living on the run and detained multiple times, excluded from the
Alawite community and renounced by her family, her hometown and
even her childhood friends. With rare empathy and journalistic
prowess Samar Yazbek compiled oral testimonies from ordinary
Syrians all over the country. Filled with snapshots of exhilarating
hope and horrifying atrocities, she offers us a wholly unique
perspective on the Syrian uprising. Hers is a modest yet powerful
testament to the strength and commitment of countless unnamed
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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