Steel & Silk
Men & Women who Shaped Syria, 1900-2000
Published on 1. October 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
621 pages
978-1-885942-41-8 (ISBN)
Description
Consists of profiles of 341 men and women. Syria has led the Arab World in many ways for the past 100 years. It was the headquarters of the Arab nationalist movement in the 1910s and leader of women's emancipation in the 1920s. It was among the first Arab countries to achieve independence from colonial rule in 1946, and among the region's earliest and healthiest democracies in the 1950s. From this point on, Syria produced an array of leading poets, writers, and painters. In the 1970s, Syria was the first Arab country to appoint women as judges, parliamentary deputies, ministers, and ambassadors. Meet the nationalists who led the independence struggle in Syria. Meet the politicians who manuvered its politics into becoming a central power-broker in the Middle East. Meet the poets, the painters and thinkers as well as the diplomats, journalists, and civil servants. Meet the women and men who shaped 20th century Syria. Includes a workshop for journalists and researchers that includes an annotated timeline of 20th Century Syria, facts on Syria, and brief bios of the current leadership.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington state
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
b/w photos
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
976 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-885942-41-8 (9781885942418)
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Person
Sami Moubayed is a Syrian historian who recently served as a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. His research focuses on Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. He is also a research fellow at St. Andrews University in Scotland and a co-founder of its Syrian Studies Center. He is an expert on pre-Baath Syria. Moubayed served as editor-in-chief of Forward Magazine, Syria s premier English monthly from 2006 to 2011. In 2004, he co-founded SyrianHistory.com, the first online museum of Syrian history for which he continues to work as chief editor. From 2000 to 2001, Moubayed served as bureau chief for the Daily Star in Syria and since 2005 has taught international relations at the University of Kalamoon in Syria, where he currently serves on the board of trustees. He is also vice president of Haykal Media in Syria. Moubayed has written several books, including Damascus Between Democracy and Dictatorship (University Press of America, 2000), Steel & Silk: Men and Women Who Shaped Syria 1900-2000 (Cune Press, 2005), and Syria and the USA: From Wilson to Eisenhower (IB Tauris, 2012). Moubayed's work-in-progress, Quwatli: The George Washington of Syria, is scheduled for a 2015 release from Cune Press. Moubayed studied at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and obtained his PhD in Middle East Affairs from the University of Exeter.
Content
Index of Profiles by Last Name; Index of Profiles by Chapter; Definitions and Abbreviations; Preface; Officers; Administrators; Politicians; National Activists; Diplomats; Educators; Journalists; Arts and Letters; Bibliography; Historical Information; Timeline.