{"product_id":"the-battle-for-home-the-vision-of-a-young-architect-in-syria","title":"The Battle for Home","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Sabouni’s elegy to her devastated town, a memoir about survival, and a kind of manifesto, stressing the importance of architecture and urbanism for our understanding of the deeper roots of Syria’s conflict . . .”―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on the author’s personal experience of living and working as an architect in Syria, this timely and fascinating account offers an eyewitness perspective on the country’s bitter conflict through the lens of architecture, showing how the built environment and its destruction hold up a mirror to the communities that inhabit it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom 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, these actions are symptomatic of wider abuses of power.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith firsthand accounts of mortar attacks and stories of refugees struggling to find a home, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Battle for Home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a compelling explanation of 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e50 black-and-white line drawings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fiction","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45263992651988,"sku":"","price":26.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/2431\/3812\/files\/00D6C809-70AC-468A-8AAB-F17BA13F3AB6.jpg?v=1718315262","url":"https:\/\/bluebooks.ae\/products\/the-battle-for-home-the-vision-of-a-young-architect-in-syria","provider":"Blue Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}