A Woman in the Crossfire
Diaries of the Syrian Revolution
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Samar Yazbek records the opening months of the Syrian uprising through diaries shaped by protest, repression, exile, and her position as an Alawite dissident.
The testimony brings the consequences of state violence and civil resistance into view at the level of individual experience.
Why I include it
This Syrian account grounds the collection in firsthand witness and should be read after the wider geopolitical histories.
