Syria Speaks - by Malu Halasa & Zaher Omareen & Nawara Mahfoud (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Moving and inspiring, <i>Syria Speaks</i> is testament to the courage, creativity and imagination of the Syrian people.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In Syria, culture has become a critical line of defence<br>against tyranny. <p/><i>Syria Speaks</i> is a celebration of a people determined to<br>reclaim their dignity, freedom and self-expression. It<br>showcases the work of over fifty artists and writers who<br>are challenging the culture of violence in Syria. Their<br>literature, poems and songs, cartoons, political posters<br>and photographs document and interpret the momentous<br>changes that have shifted the frame of reality so drastically<br>in Syria. <p/>Moving and inspiring, <i>Syria Speaks</i> is testament to the<br>courage, creativity and imagination of the Syrian people. <p/>A unique anthology providing a window into Syrian art and<br>writing since the uprising. Contributors include<br>internationally renowned artists and writers, such as<br>Ali Ferzat, Samar Yazbek, Khaled Khalifa and Robin Yassin-Kassab. <p/>The book includes 108 colour illustrations.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><br>An extraordinary collection, revealing a dynamic and exciting culture in painful transition - a culture where artists are really making a difference ... You need to read this book.' <i>Brian Eno</i> <p/>'A remarkable book - a wise, courageous, imaginative and beautiful response to all that is ugly in human behaviour.' <i>A.L. Kennedy</i> <p/>'An English Pen Award winner, this anthology forms a rich, creatively diverse motif sublimely representative of a country and its people awash in strife and insurgency.' <i>Kirkus</i> <p/>'An invaluable and deeply moving testimony to resistance ... this work clamours for liberty and turns its back not only on tyranny but on religious division' <i>Independent</i> <p/>'A remarkable collection' <i>The Art Newspaper</i> <p/> <p/><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Malu Halasa: Malu Halasa is an editor and writer based in London. Her books include <i>The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie: Intimacy and Design</i>(Chronicle, 2008), with Rana Salam. She co-curated three exhibitions of Syria's art of resistance in 2012-13 in Amsterdam, Copenhagen and London. <p/>Zaher Omareen: Zaher Omareen is a Syrian writer, who has worked on independent cultural initiatives in Syria and Britain. He is a PhD candidate in Contemporary Documentary Cinema and New Media at Goldsmiths College, London. <p/>Nawara Mahfoud: Nawara Mahfoud is a Syrian freelance journalist who has worked for the New York Times. She blogs for the New Yorker's website, among other publications. She was a co-curator of the Culture in Defiance exhibition in Amsterdam, Copenhagen and London.<br>
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