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Al-Sabouni, Marwa, author, illustrator.
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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.
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The battle for home ...
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The battle for home : the vision of a young architect in Syria / Marwa Al-Sabouni ; foreword by Roger Scruton.
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Al-Sabouni, Marwa, author, illustrator.
New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, c2016.
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.
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9780500343173 (hardcover)
0500343179 (hardcover)
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183 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Contents:
The battle for freedom: one who lacks cannot give back -- The battle of old Homs: the defeat of the old by the new -- The battle of mortar: traditional ethics vs. modern life -- The battle of Baba Amr: social fabric as a foundation for urban design -- The battle for a home: nowhere old, nowhere new -- The battle for continuity: building on the past for the future.
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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.
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Hawaii State Library
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720.92 Al-Sabouni Al
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