The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria by Al-Sabouni, Marwa

The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria

Drawing on the author's personal experience of living and working as an architect in Syria, this timely...
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Author: Marwa Al-Sabouni
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The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria by Al-Sabouni, Marwa

The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria

$38.38

The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria

$38.38
Author: Marwa Al-Sabouni
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Drawing 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.

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, these actions are symptomatic of wider abuses of power.

With firsthand accounts of mortar attacks and stories of refugees struggling to find a home, The Battle for Home 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.



Author: Marwa Al-Sabouni
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 09/19/2017
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780500292938

About the Author
Al-Sabouni, Marwa: - Marwa al-Sabouni has a PhD in Islamic architecture and runs a private architectural studio in Homs, Syria. She has written for Architectural Review and Wall Street International. She is co-owner of the first and only online media site dedicated to architectural news in Arabic, Arch News.Scruton, Roger: - Roger Scruton is a writer and philosopher. His books include The Dictionary of Political Thought, A Land Held Hostage: Lebanon and the West, and The Aesthetics of Architecture.

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