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• Title:The battle for home : the vision of a young architect in Syria / Marwa Al-Sabouni ; foreword by Roger Scruton.
  
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• Author/Creator:Al-Sabouni, Marwa, author, illustrator.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Scruton, Roger, writer of foreword.
  
• Published/Created:New York, New York : Thames & Hudson Inc., 2016.
  ©2016
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: NA1489.8.A55 A2 2016
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Al-Sabouni, Marwa.
  Women architects--Syria--Biography.
  Syria--Social conditions--20th century.
  Syria--Politics and government--21st century.
  Syria--History--Civil War, 2011---Social aspects.
  
• Genre/Form:Autobiographies.
  
• Description:183 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  
• Summary:Drawing on the author's personal experience of living and working as an architect in Syria, this book offers an eyewitness perspective on the country's bitter conflict through the lens of architecture, showing how the built environment offers a mirror to the community that inhabits it. From Syria's tolerant past, with churches and mosques built alongside one another in Old Homs and members of different religions living harmoniously together, the book chronicles the recent breakdown of social cohesion in Syria's cities, with the lack of shared public spaces intensifying divisions within the community and corrupt officials interfering in town planning for their own gain, actions symptomatic of wider abuses of power. With first-hand accounts of mortar attacks and stories of refugees struggling to find a home, this compelling and original book explores the personal impact of the conflict and offers hope for how architecture can play a role in rebuilding a sense of identity within a damaged society.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
  
• ISBN:9780500343173 hardcover
  0500343179 hardcover
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Battle for Freedom
  One Who Lacks Cannot Give Back
  2. Battle of Old Homs
  Defeat of the Old by the New
  3. Battle Of Mortar
  Traditional Ethics vs. Modern Life
  4. Battle Of Baba Amr
  Social Fabric as a Foundation for Urban Design
  5. Battle for a Home
  Nowhere Old, Nowhere New
  6. Battle for Continuity
  Building on the Past for the Future.