Damascus: A History [2 ed.] 9781351055208, 1351055208

Damascus, first published in 2005, was the first account in English of the history of the city, bringing out the crucial

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Damascus: A History [2 ed.]
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When a ruthless political regime seizes power on a world struggling to recover from alien invasion, a former war hero fi

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Not Yet Damascus

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For the first time in my life, I was shot at as I approached the Beirut shore. I know now that if they wanted to kill me

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Drawing on fieldwork that spans nearly twenty years, Making Do in Damascus offers a rare portrayal of ordinary family li

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Legend has it that Damascus once had 365 hammams or 'Turkish baths': one for each day of the year. Originally

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Steels are a class of materials with multiple and complicated transformations; this is true even for steels of the basic

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