01704nam 2200433 450 991079261900332120180216081956.00-7391-7775-3(CKB)3710000001044044(MiAaPQ)EBC4795421(EXLCZ)99371000000104404420161028h20172017 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierYezidis in Syria identity building among a double minority /Sebastian MaiselLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,[2017]©20171 online resource (205 pages) illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color)1-4985-4980-2 0-7391-7774-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Minorities in Syria : competing hierarchies -- Demystifying the Yezidis : a word about the sources -- Religious beliefs and social organization -- Historical developments -- Yezidis in the new Syria -- Conclusion : future challenges.This book highlights the complicated diversity of Syria's ethnic and religious fragmentation on the basis of the identity building process among the Yezidis, the lowest in the country's socio-economic and political hierarchy.YezidisSyriaReligious minoritiesSyriaYezidisReligious minorities299/.159Maisel Sebastian1970-1210298MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792619003321Yezidis in Syria3801319UNINA