The Merchant of Syria - A History of Survival

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9780190874858
• ISBN: 978-0-19-087485-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business, HISTORY / Middle East / General, Biography / Autobiography, Mode- und Kosmetikindustrie, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry