02863nam 22005533u 450 991015865780332120230126210952.01-84904-441-4(CKB)2670000000492906(EBL)1538404(OCoLC)863822868(MiAaPQ)EBC1538404(EXLCZ)99267000000049290620160530d2012|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRevolt in Syria Eye-witness to the UprisingHurst20121 online resource (162 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84904-197-0 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; IndexIn 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 Revolt in Syria Journalists -- Syria -- BiographyPolitical violence -- Syria -- History -- 21st centuryProtest movements -- Syria -- History -- 21st centuryStarr, Stephen -- Travel -- SyriaSyria -- Politics and government -- 2000-Syria -- Social conditions -- 21st centuryJournalists -- 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.956.9104/2956.91042Starr Stephen1649328AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910158657803321Revolt in Syria3998012UNINA