Syria / edited by Ziauddin Sardar + Robin Yassin-Kassab.

"Critical Muslim’s Syria issue approaches the diversity of this rich culture as it is reborn through revolution, tortured by repression, and traumatised by war. Thomas Pierret illuminates the varying positions of Syria’s Muslims and Islamists; Rasha Omran writes about being an Alawi revolutiona...

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Other Authors: Sardar, Ziauddin, Yassin-Kassab, Robin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Hurst : Muslim Institute, 2014.
Series:Critical Muslim ; 11.
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Table of Contents:
  • Peter Clark. INTRODUCTION: THE ROOTS OF THE SYRIAN CRISIS
  • Robin Yassin-Kassab. REVOLUTIONARY CULTURE
  • Sam Charles Hamad. THE REVOLUTION'S ARMED ISLAMISTS
  • Rasha Omran. THE SECT AS HOMELAND
  • Ella Wind. INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
  • Malu Halasa. THE BRA IN ALEPPO
  • Afra Jalabi. THE LOST CHILD IN OVERSIZED SHOES
  • Amal Hanano. FROM HAMA TO DARAYA
  • Frederic Gijsel. NOT EVEN THE BASEMENT ESCAPES
  • Ross Burns. PROTECTING THE CULTURAL HERITAGE
  • Brigid Waddams. OLD DAMASCUS
  • Hania Mourtada. VIRTUAL INTERACTIONS
  • Boyd Tonkin. VOLUNTEERS AND TERRORISTS
  • ARTS AND LETTERS. Itab Azzam. SYRIA'S TROJAN WOMEN
  • Tom Hill. THE CHILDREN OF ATMEH CAMP
  • Zakaria Tamer. FIVE STORIES
  • Golan Haji. POEMS
  • Ruth Padel. FACING EAST
  • Moniza Alvi. POEMS
  • REVIEWS. Laurens de Rooij. WHERE NOW?
  • Yasmin Fedda and Daniel Gorman. CINEMA OF DEFIANCE
  • Maysaloon. THE COMPLICITY OF SYRIAN DRAMA
  • ET CETERA. Ehsan Masood. LAST WORD: ON RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTALISM
  • The List. TEN THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT SYRIA.