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The Battle for Home: Memoir of a Syrian Architect
Marwa Al-Sabouni
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Description for The Battle for Home: Memoir of a Syrian Architect
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Drawing on the author's personal experience of living and working as an architect in Syria, this book offers an eyewitness perspective on the country's bitter conflict through the lens of architecture, showing how the built environment offers a mirror to the community that inhabits it. Marwa al-Sabouni chronicles the breakdown of social cohesion in Syria's cities, exploring how the lack of shared public spaces has intensified divisions within the community, and how corrupt officials have interfered in town planning for their own gain - actions symptomatic of wider abuses of power. With first-hand accounts of mortar attacks and stories of ... Read more
Drawing on the author's personal experience of living and working as an architect in Syria, this book offers an eyewitness perspective on the country's bitter conflict through the lens of architecture, showing how the built environment offers a mirror to the community that inhabits it. Marwa al-Sabouni chronicles the breakdown of social cohesion in Syria's cities, exploring how the lack of shared public spaces has intensified divisions within the community, and how corrupt officials have interfered in town planning for their own gain - actions symptomatic of wider abuses of power. With first-hand accounts of mortar attacks and stories of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28 g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500292938
SKU
V9780500292938
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Ref
99-3
About Marwa Al-Sabouni
Marwa al-Sabouni has a PhD in Islamic Architecture and runs a private architectural studio in Homs, Syria. She is co-owner of the first and only online media site dedicated to architectural news in Arabic: www.arch-news.net.
Reviews for The Battle for Home: Memoir of a Syrian Architect
'Incisive ... speaks with that particular mix of solicitude and sharp criticism born of true belonging married to broadness of perspective' - Art Review Asia 'A visionary memoir. . . extraordinary' - Observer 'An angry and personal memoir' - Daily Telegraph 'An understated gem of a book . . . gripping' - The Spectator