Syria Speaks

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Art and Culture from the Frontline

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Syria Speaks showcases the vibrant cultural resistance against oppression in Syria. Featuring over fifty artists and writers, this collection presents a powerful mix of literature, poetry, songs, cartoons, political posters, and photographs that document the country's turbulent transformation. It highlights how both rural villagers and urban intellectuals use art and literature as a form of defiance and self-expression amidst conflict.
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This book will appeal to readers interested in contemporary arts and culture, Middle Eastern studies, and those seeking insight into how creative expression can serve as political resistance in times of conflict.

A unique anthology - the first book to provide a window into Syrian art and writing since the uprising - it will feature work by 18 writers and 17 artists, many of whom are still based in Syria. Contributors include Ali Ferzat, Samar Yazbek, Khaled Khalifa and Robin Yassin-Kassab.

Description

In Syria, culture has become the critical line of defence against tyranny. Villagers have joined the cultural frontline alongside urban intellectuals, artists, writers, and filmmakers to create art and literature that challenge official narratives.

With contributions by over fifty artists and writers, both established and emerging, Syria Speaks explores the explosion of creativity and free expression by the Syrian people. They have become their own publishers on the Internet and formed anonymous artists collectives, which are actively working in their country's war zones.

The art and writing featured in this book, including literature, poems, and songs as well as cartoons, political posters, and photographs, document and interpret the momentous changes that have shifted the frame of reality so drastically in Syria.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780863567872

Publisher: Saqi Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 June 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Saqi Books

Illustration: 104 Colour Illustrations; 104 Illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by Malu Halasa
Edited by Malu Halasa
Edited by Nawara Mahfoud
Edited by Zaher Omareen

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 148.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 499g

Pages: 328

Collections

Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Non-Fiction

About the Author

Malu Halasa co-curated three exhibitions of Syria's art of resistance in London, Amsterdam and Copenhagen in 2012 and 2013. Her other works include 'The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie'. Zaher Omareen is a Syrian writer, who has worked on independent cultural initiatives in Syria and Britain. He is currently completing 'Tales of the Orontes River', a collection of short stories. Nawara Mahfoud is a Syrian journalist and documentary producer who has worked for the New York Times. She blogs for the New Yorker.com, among other publications.