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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. From Syria's tolerant past, with churches and mosques built alongside one another in Old Homs and members of different religions living harmoniously together, the book chronicles the recent breakdown of social cohesion in Syria's cities, with the lack of shared public spaces intensifying divisions within the community and corrupt officials interfering in town planning for their own gain, actions symptomatic of wider abuses of power. With first-hand accounts of mortar attacks and stories of refugees struggling to find a home, this compelling and original book explores the personal impact of the conflict and offers hope for how architecture can play a role in rebuilding a sense of identity within a damaged society.
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Politics and government, Social conditions, Social aspects, Women architects, Biography, History, Architecture, Religious tolerance, Syria, history, Architecture, middle east, Middle east, social conditions, Middle east, ethnic relationsPeople
Marwa Al-SabouniPlaces
SyriaTimes
Civil War, 2011-, 20th century, 21st centuryShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria
2017, Thames & Hudson, Limited
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0500292930 9780500292938
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The battle for home: the vision of a young architect in Syria
2016
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0500343179 9780500343173
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-181).
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