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Record Nr.

UNINA9910158657803321

Autore

Starr Stephen

Titolo

Revolt in Syria : Eye-witness to the Uprising

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hurst, 2012

ISBN

1-84904-441-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Disciplina

956.9104/2

956.91042

Soggetti

Journalists -- Syria -- Biography

Political violence -- Syria -- History -- 21st century

Protest movements -- Syria -- History -- 21st century

Starr, Stephen -- Travel -- Syria

Syria -- Politics and government -- 2000-

Syria -- Social conditions -- 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Maps; Prologue; Introduction; I Damascus: Dragged Towards Revolt; II The Minorities and Syria's Revolt; III Lies, Half-truths and Videos: the Media and the Uprising; IV The Gap Between State and Society; V Revolution Through the Eyes of the Rich and Poor; VI The Uprising and Syria's Youth; VII Being a Foreigner, a Resident and a Journalist in the Revolt; VIII History, Blame and Responsibility; Acknowledgements; Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In January 2011 President Bashar al-Assad told the Wall Street Journal that Syria was ""stable"" and immune from revolt. In the months that followed, and as regimes fell in Egypt and Tunisia, thousands of Syrians took to the streets calling for freedom, with many dying at the hands of the regime. In Revolt in Syria: Eye-Witness to the Uprising, Stephen Starr delves deep into the lives of Syrians whose destiny has been shaped by the state for almost fifty years. In conversations with people from all strata of Syrian society, Starr draws together and makes sense of perspectives illustrating why