The Merchant of Syria - A History of Survival

The remarkable story of Abu Chaker (1921 - 2013, born in Homs), who saved his family and its fortune amid a brutal civil war by buying a woollen mill in northern England.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Diana Darke, Darke Diana
• Publisher: Hurst Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781849049405
• ISBN: 978-1-84904-940-5
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Biography: business & industry, HISTORY / Middle East / General, 20th Century, Syria, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Middle Eastern history, Biography: business and industry, Manufacturing industries, Textiles and fibres, Textile Industries