The Merchant of Syria
A History of Survival
Published on 1. May 2018
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-19-087485-8 (ISBN)
Description
Tells the life of Abu Chaker, a cloth merchant from Homs who lived from 1921 to 2013. Drawing on interviews conducted in Syria, Lebanon and Britain, Abu Chaker's story exemplifies many of today's pressing global issues -- poverty, Islamic values, religious co-existence, refugees, displacement, multiculturalism, political unrest and terrorism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
639 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-087485-8 (9780190874858)
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05/2018
OUP eBook
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05/2018
OUP eBook
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Person
Diana Darke is an Arabic translator and cultural specialist who has lived and worked in the Middle East for over thirty years. She is the author of My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis (Haus, 2016). Her links to Syria are deep and ongoing.