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A House in Damascus
As Syria confronts an uncertain future, A House in Damascus seeks to balance the Western view with the lives and views of the everyday people living in the world's oldest continuing capital city
Drawn from the author's experiences occurring immediately before the 2011-2012 social and political upheaval, each story traces the Old City of Damascus and its people's present through the past, capturing the universal human element often missing from the strategic and political accounts.
Drawn from the author's experiences occurring immediately before the 2011-2012 social and political upheaval, each story traces the Old City of Damascus and its people's present through the past, capturing the universal human element often missing from the strategic and political accounts.
- GenresMiddle East
366 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2012
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August 7, 2016
Damascus is one of the world’s oldest cities. For the most part of its very long history, people have baked their bread, brewed their coffee, smoked their pipes, traded and lived their lives in relative peace. A House in Damascus paints a seriously interesting picture of this life, and no doubt that life will one day be restored
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