Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War

by Robin Yassin-Kassab

Other authorsLeila Al-Shami
Paperback, 2016

Pages

xii; 262

Status

Available

Call number

DS98.6.Y37 2016

Publication

London: Pluto Press, 2016

Physical description

xii, 262 p.; 21.4 cm

ISBN

9780745336220

Language

Description

In 2011, Syrians took to the streets to demand the overthrow of the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Today, much of Syria has become a war-zone where foreign journalists find it almost impossible to go. Burning Country explores the reality of life in present-day Syria. Drawn from over fifteen years of work with the people of Syria, it reveals the stories of opposition fighters, exiles lost in an archipelago of refugee camps, and many others. Examining new grassroots revolutionary organisations, the rise of ISIS and Islamism, and the emergence of the worst refugee crisis since World War Two, Burning Country is a vivid account of a modern-day political and humanitarian nightmare. -- from back cover.

Awards

Writers' Prize (Shortlist — 2017)
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