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亘賵丕亘丕鬲 兀乇囟 丕賱毓丿賲
賱丕 亘胤賱 爻賵賶 丕賱賲賵鬲. 賱丕 賯氐氐 賷乇賵賷賴丕 丕賱賳丕爻 爻賵賶 毓賳賴. 賰賱賾 卮賷亍 賯丕亘賱 賱賱賳爻亘賷丞 賵丕賱丕丨鬲賲丕賱貙 廿賱丕 亘胤賵賱丞 丕賱賲賵鬲 丕賱賲胤賱賯丞. 兀賵 賱丨馗丞 禺丕乇噩丞 毓賳 丕賱爻賷丕賯 丕賱夭賲賳賷賾貙 賴賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱賱丨馗丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰賳賾丕 賳噩鬲丕夭 賮賷賴丕 丕賱兀爻賱丕賰 丕賱卮丕卅賰丞 賱賷賱丕. 賳毓亘乇 丕賱鬲賷賴 廿賱賶 丕賱鬲賷賴貙 丨賷孬 丨賮乇 丕賱卮亘丕亘 亘賵丕亘丞 賱賲乇賵乇賳丕. 賰賳丕 賳乇賰囟 丨賷賳丕貙 賵賳爻賷乇 毓賱賶 賲賴賱 丨賷賳丕 丌禺乇. 鬲賱賰 丕賱賱丨馗丞 丕賱賲鬲兀乇噩丨丞 賮賷 爻丐丕賱 丕賱賲賳賮賶 賵丕賱賵胤賳. 賴賳丕賰 毓賱賶 胤乇賮賷 丕賱爻賷丕噩貙 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱兀噩爻丕丿 鬲禺乇噩 賮噩兀丞 賲賳 丕賱馗賱丕賲貙 賵賳爻賷乇 賰丕賱毓賲賷丕賳. 鬲丨鬲賰賾 賰鬲賮賹 亘兀禺乇賶. 賳爻賲毓 氐賵鬲丕 賷賯賵賱: "賲爻丕亍 丕賱禺賷乇". 氐賵鬲 賷乇賵丨貙 賵氐賵鬲 賷兀鬲賷貙 賵賰兀賳賳丕 賯胤胤 爻賵丿貙 賱賰賳賾 毓賷賵賳賳丕 賱丕 鬲賱賲毓. 丕賱賲爻丕賮丞 丕賱丨丿賵丿賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 氐丕乇 丕賱爻賵乇賷賾賵賳 賷禺鬲賮賵賳 賮賷 丕賱賱賷賱 鬲丨鬲賴丕貙 賱賷爻鬲 賰亘賷乇丞. 賷丿禺賱 賳丕爻 賵賷禺乇噩 賳丕爻貙 賷鬲賯丕胤毓賵賳 毓賳丿 賲爻丕賮丞 爻賱丕賲 丕賱賱賷賱.
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Samar Yazbek
21听books231听followers- Syrian writer
- born in Jableh city, 1970
- published her first stories collection in 1999
- wrote many scripts for movies and TV series while working in the Syrian state TV, and she produced and presented the show of "Library Story" in 2008
- worked in Al-Hayat newspaper for 10 years, and published in many Syrian and Arab newspapers
- published four novels, and three books
- her A Woman in The Crossfire was translated into five languages
- co-founded in 2012 "Women NOW" development organization that is concerned with educational and economical empowerment of women and children
- born in Jableh city, 1970
- published her first stories collection in 1999
- wrote many scripts for movies and TV series while working in the Syrian state TV, and she produced and presented the show of "Library Story" in 2008
- worked in Al-Hayat newspaper for 10 years, and published in many Syrian and Arab newspapers
- published four novels, and three books
- her A Woman in The Crossfire was translated into five languages
- co-founded in 2012 "Women NOW" development organization that is concerned with educational and economical empowerment of women and children
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April 7, 2017I鈥檝e become very aware of queues. The queue at the ATM to withdraw money, the queue at the bakery to buy fresh bread and pastries, the queue at the supermarket check-out to pay for food and drink, the queue to get into the cinema to see the latest film, the queue to board an aeroplane to see the world.
People, me included, complain in queues, always looking around to see if there鈥檚 a faster one, or if there鈥檚 an official we can badger to open another check-in or check-out desk. We look at our watches and stress about being late for some super important moment in our lives, forgetting that the queue we are standing in is itself a privileged moment, one to be savoured instead of whinged about. We are, after all, about to eat, drink and be merry, and yet we habitually wear grim faces, our mouths turning down more often than up.
So, yes, I鈥檝e become a little critical of my own complacency lately, and reading this book about some of what went on in Syria in 2012/2013 has increased my discomfort. 'The Crossing' tells of journalist Samar Yazbeq鈥檚 several clandestine crossings from Turkey into the war-zone of Syria after she'd been declared persona non grata by the Assad regime in 2011, and been forced into exile.
The book is not an easy read, and not only because it is about war. The early sections are fragmentary, simply a series of anecdotes related by the people Yazbeq stayed with in the towns and villages she visited, anecdotes that do however give us a picture of what life is like for those who can鈥檛 afford to pay the the price required to exit the country, or those who have decided to stay because they are part of one of the many groups opposing the Assad regime, the spouses, sisters, mothers, aunts of the fighters. The anecdotes run into each other without much pause for comment, and the book seems as ragged and chaotic as the lives the author is bearing witness to, lives constantly battered by barrel bombs and sniper fire.
Eventually, I grew accustomed to this lack of a thematic structure but by then, the author had found one, and the second half of the book is more clear-cut, composed of almost formal interviews with various battalion leaders interspersed with background information on the origin and history of their groups, and the degree of their specific religious affiliations. The author put her own life and that of her companions in danger again and again to approach the frontline and record these fighters' testimonies. I found her both brave and foolhardy by turns but incredibly lucky too as bombs exploded in her path again and again.
At the time Yazbeq is writing about, 2012/2013, many of the groups opposing the Assad regime come under the banner of the Free Army. This army is composed of the battalions and brigades which emerged in each individual rebel town when the revolution began in 2011. According to the people from the Free Army whom she interviewed, they themselves are caught between Assad鈥檚 Forces and more fundamentalist factions, composed mostly of non-Syrians, who have been sent into their country to fight against Assad, and who are both feared and resented by native Syrian fighters. Yazbeq seems to have had less opportunity to interview the representatives of the non-Syrian groups. She makes it clear that as a woman, she would not have been able to approach or interview the more fundamentalist ones such as Nusra Front, allied to al-Quaeda, or the group known as Daesh, a self proclaimed caliphate controlling areas in Syria and Iraq, and the most feared of the foreign groups. She also didn鈥檛 interview any of the Shabiha, the armed militant supporters of Assad鈥檚 regime. However towards the end of her third sojourn, she did manage to interview a Syrian commander of Ahrar al-Sham, a militant group rumoured to have ties to Muslim Brotherhood though he refused to look in her direction and spoke only to her male companion. He, like the others interviewed, had nothing encouraging to say about any peaceful outcome in the foreseeable future.
Since I finished this book, the Russians have entered the war in support of Assad, supposedly to help him fight the Daesh groups. Hearing that the Russians are also targeting the Free Army fighters in their already bombed-out towns and villages makes me despair for the Syrian women and children who can鈥檛 afford to leave their country to join the ranks of compatriots queuing endlessly at more and more borders across Europe and the Middle East.
People, me included, complain in queues, always looking around to see if there鈥檚 a faster one, or if there鈥檚 an official we can badger to open another check-in or check-out desk. We look at our watches and stress about being late for some super important moment in our lives, forgetting that the queue we are standing in is itself a privileged moment, one to be savoured instead of whinged about. We are, after all, about to eat, drink and be merry, and yet we habitually wear grim faces, our mouths turning down more often than up.
So, yes, I鈥檝e become a little critical of my own complacency lately, and reading this book about some of what went on in Syria in 2012/2013 has increased my discomfort. 'The Crossing' tells of journalist Samar Yazbeq鈥檚 several clandestine crossings from Turkey into the war-zone of Syria after she'd been declared persona non grata by the Assad regime in 2011, and been forced into exile.
The book is not an easy read, and not only because it is about war. The early sections are fragmentary, simply a series of anecdotes related by the people Yazbeq stayed with in the towns and villages she visited, anecdotes that do however give us a picture of what life is like for those who can鈥檛 afford to pay the the price required to exit the country, or those who have decided to stay because they are part of one of the many groups opposing the Assad regime, the spouses, sisters, mothers, aunts of the fighters. The anecdotes run into each other without much pause for comment, and the book seems as ragged and chaotic as the lives the author is bearing witness to, lives constantly battered by barrel bombs and sniper fire.
Eventually, I grew accustomed to this lack of a thematic structure but by then, the author had found one, and the second half of the book is more clear-cut, composed of almost formal interviews with various battalion leaders interspersed with background information on the origin and history of their groups, and the degree of their specific religious affiliations. The author put her own life and that of her companions in danger again and again to approach the frontline and record these fighters' testimonies. I found her both brave and foolhardy by turns but incredibly lucky too as bombs exploded in her path again and again.
At the time Yazbeq is writing about, 2012/2013, many of the groups opposing the Assad regime come under the banner of the Free Army. This army is composed of the battalions and brigades which emerged in each individual rebel town when the revolution began in 2011. According to the people from the Free Army whom she interviewed, they themselves are caught between Assad鈥檚 Forces and more fundamentalist factions, composed mostly of non-Syrians, who have been sent into their country to fight against Assad, and who are both feared and resented by native Syrian fighters. Yazbeq seems to have had less opportunity to interview the representatives of the non-Syrian groups. She makes it clear that as a woman, she would not have been able to approach or interview the more fundamentalist ones such as Nusra Front, allied to al-Quaeda, or the group known as Daesh, a self proclaimed caliphate controlling areas in Syria and Iraq, and the most feared of the foreign groups. She also didn鈥檛 interview any of the Shabiha, the armed militant supporters of Assad鈥檚 regime. However towards the end of her third sojourn, she did manage to interview a Syrian commander of Ahrar al-Sham, a militant group rumoured to have ties to Muslim Brotherhood though he refused to look in her direction and spoke only to her male companion. He, like the others interviewed, had nothing encouraging to say about any peaceful outcome in the foreseeable future.
Since I finished this book, the Russians have entered the war in support of Assad, supposedly to help him fight the Daesh groups. Hearing that the Russians are also targeting the Free Army fighters in their already bombed-out towns and villages makes me despair for the Syrian women and children who can鈥檛 afford to leave their country to join the ranks of compatriots queuing endlessly at more and more borders across Europe and the Middle East.
February 6, 2024
"The most we could dream of was to wake up in the morning and discover we weren't buried beneath rubble, or that we had avoided having our heads cut off at the hands of ISIS." - Page 253
This is so powerful and heartbreaking. Makes me understand what happens in Syria. Samar Yazbek's bravery and her mission to give voice to the voiceless reminds me of Marie Colvin, a woman war journalist that died in Syria when reporting.
This is so powerful and heartbreaking. Makes me understand what happens in Syria. Samar Yazbek's bravery and her mission to give voice to the voiceless reminds me of Marie Colvin, a woman war journalist that died in Syria when reporting.
May 8, 2018
Este n茫o 茅 um livro de leitura f谩cil, n茫o s贸 pelo tema tratado, mas tamb茅m pela forma como 茅 apresentado e, no meu caso particular, pela minha ignor芒ncia de base relativamente ao conflito s铆rio.
O livro consiste numa s茅rie de relatos de visitas de Samar Yazbek, uma jornalista s铆ria for莽ada ao ex铆lio pelo regime de Bashar al-Assad, ao seu pa铆s natal. O t铆tulo refere-se 脿s tr锚s travessias clandestinas da fronteira entre a Turquia e a S铆ria, empreendidas pela autora entre 2012 e 2013.
S茫o relatos dispersos, que incluem experi锚ncias de estadias com fam铆lias que a acolheram durante a sua estadia, entrevistas com guerrilheiros (maioritariamente do Ex茅rcito Livre da S铆ria), e experi锚ncias de coopera莽茫o com redes de ativistas, para implementar projectos educativos para crian莽as cujas escolas foram destru铆das e para ajudar mulheres (na maior parte vi煤vas de guerra) a desenvolver pequenos neg贸cios que lhes permitam sustentar-se a si e aos seus filhos.
No in铆cio tive alguma dificuldade em adaptar-me ao car谩cter fragment谩rio da narrativa. A geografia desconhecida, a profus茫o de diferentes grupos armados cujos nomes dava comigo a confundir constantemente, e o portugu锚s pouco fluido, provavelmente resultado de dificuldades de tradu莽茫o de uma l铆ngua bastante diferente da nossa, tamb茅m n茫o ajudaram. Mas a partir de cerca do primeiro ter莽o do livro, ou porque me habituei, ou porque o texto se tornou mais acess铆vel e os intervenientes mais familiares, comecei a apreciar melhor a leitura.
As principal ideia que retive foi o desalento da popula莽茫o pela transforma莽茫o daquilo que come莽ou como uma revolta pac铆fica contra um regime opressor, numa guerra sem precedentes. As retalia莽玫es contra manifestantes desarmados durante a Revolta S铆ria, levaram 脿 cria莽茫o do Ex茅rcito Livre da S铆ria, inicialmente formado por civis e militares desertores do Ex茅rcito S铆rio, que se recusaram a disparar contra os manifestantes. Durante o per铆odo coberto por este livro, a zona norte da S铆ria, libertada do regime de Assad pelo Ex茅rcito Livre, foi sendo paulatinamente invadida por guerrilheiros fundamentalistas estrangeiros, como a Frente Al-Nusra, aliada 脿 al-Quaeda, e o Estado Isl芒mico.
O livro termina em 2013, antes de os russos terem entrado na guerra em apoio a Assad, sob o pretexto de prestarem aux铆lio contra os grupos do Estado Isl芒mico, e antes, claro est谩, dos recentes bombardeamentos americanos, franceses e ingleses, em protesto contra os ataques qu铆micos lan莽ados contra civis.
Na grande confus茫o que se encontra instalada neste pa铆s, apenas tenho uma coisa como certa 鈥� que as pobres popula莽玫es civis continuam a sofrer, tanto as que conseguem fugir como refugiadas, como as que se v锚m for莽adas a permanecer no pa铆s.
N茫o foi, portanto, uma leitura f谩cil, mas foi uma leitura que valeu a pena.
O livro consiste numa s茅rie de relatos de visitas de Samar Yazbek, uma jornalista s铆ria for莽ada ao ex铆lio pelo regime de Bashar al-Assad, ao seu pa铆s natal. O t铆tulo refere-se 脿s tr锚s travessias clandestinas da fronteira entre a Turquia e a S铆ria, empreendidas pela autora entre 2012 e 2013.
S茫o relatos dispersos, que incluem experi锚ncias de estadias com fam铆lias que a acolheram durante a sua estadia, entrevistas com guerrilheiros (maioritariamente do Ex茅rcito Livre da S铆ria), e experi锚ncias de coopera莽茫o com redes de ativistas, para implementar projectos educativos para crian莽as cujas escolas foram destru铆das e para ajudar mulheres (na maior parte vi煤vas de guerra) a desenvolver pequenos neg贸cios que lhes permitam sustentar-se a si e aos seus filhos.
No in铆cio tive alguma dificuldade em adaptar-me ao car谩cter fragment谩rio da narrativa. A geografia desconhecida, a profus茫o de diferentes grupos armados cujos nomes dava comigo a confundir constantemente, e o portugu锚s pouco fluido, provavelmente resultado de dificuldades de tradu莽茫o de uma l铆ngua bastante diferente da nossa, tamb茅m n茫o ajudaram. Mas a partir de cerca do primeiro ter莽o do livro, ou porque me habituei, ou porque o texto se tornou mais acess铆vel e os intervenientes mais familiares, comecei a apreciar melhor a leitura.
As principal ideia que retive foi o desalento da popula莽茫o pela transforma莽茫o daquilo que come莽ou como uma revolta pac铆fica contra um regime opressor, numa guerra sem precedentes. As retalia莽玫es contra manifestantes desarmados durante a Revolta S铆ria, levaram 脿 cria莽茫o do Ex茅rcito Livre da S铆ria, inicialmente formado por civis e militares desertores do Ex茅rcito S铆rio, que se recusaram a disparar contra os manifestantes. Durante o per铆odo coberto por este livro, a zona norte da S铆ria, libertada do regime de Assad pelo Ex茅rcito Livre, foi sendo paulatinamente invadida por guerrilheiros fundamentalistas estrangeiros, como a Frente Al-Nusra, aliada 脿 al-Quaeda, e o Estado Isl芒mico.
O livro termina em 2013, antes de os russos terem entrado na guerra em apoio a Assad, sob o pretexto de prestarem aux铆lio contra os grupos do Estado Isl芒mico, e antes, claro est谩, dos recentes bombardeamentos americanos, franceses e ingleses, em protesto contra os ataques qu铆micos lan莽ados contra civis.
Na grande confus茫o que se encontra instalada neste pa铆s, apenas tenho uma coisa como certa 鈥� que as pobres popula莽玫es civis continuam a sofrer, tanto as que conseguem fugir como refugiadas, como as que se v锚m for莽adas a permanecer no pa铆s.
N茫o foi, portanto, uma leitura f谩cil, mas foi uma leitura que valeu a pena.
September 30, 2017
螚 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 苇蠁蠀纬蔚 蠅蟼 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠁蠀纬伪蟼 蟿慰 2011 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 危蠀蟻委伪 渭蔚 蟺蟻慰慰蟻喂蟽渭蠈 蟿慰 螤伪蟻委蟽喂. 韦畏谓 蟿蟻委蟿畏 蠁慰蟻维 蟺慰蠀 蔚蟺苇蟽蟿蟻蔚蠄蔚 魏蟻蠀蠁维 纬喂伪 谓伪 魏伪蟿伪纬蟻维蠄蔚喂 蟿伪 纬蔚纬慰谓蠈蟿伪 蟽魏苇蠁蟿畏魏蔚 蠈蟿喂 1.5 蠂蟻蠈谓慰 未蔚谓 苇渭伪胃蔚 纬伪位位喂魏维 纬喂伪蟿委 蟺委蟽蟿蔚蠀蔚 蠈蟿喂 萎蟿伪谓 魏维蟿喂 蟿慰 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟻喂谓蠈.
螠伪蟼 伪蠁畏纬蔚委蟿伪喂 蟽蠀纬魏位慰谓喂蟽蟿喂魏苇蟼 蟽魏畏谓苇蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰 渭苇纬蔚胃慰蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟿慰 伪谓蟿喂位伪渭尾维谓蔚蟿伪喂 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻伪 魏伪谓蔚委蟼 伪蟺蠈 魏慰谓蟿维. 螒蟽蟿伪渭维蟿畏蟿慰喂 尾慰渭尾伪蟻未喂蟽渭慰委, 蟺蟿蠋渭伪蟿伪 蟺伪谓蟿慰蠉, 渭喂魏蟻维 蟺伪喂未喂维 渭蔚 魏慰渭渭苇谓伪 维魏蟻伪 魏伪喂 蟺伪蟻维位位畏位伪 魏维蟺慰喂蔚蟼 渭喂魏蟻苇蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺维胃蔚喂蔚蟼 谓伪 蟽蠀谓蔚蠂委蟽慰蠀谓 蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟿慰蠀蟼 魏维谓慰谓蟿伪蟼 蠈谓蔚喂蟻伪 纬喂伪 蟿慰 渭苇位位慰谓 萎 慰蟻纬伪谓蠋谓慰谓蟿伪蟼 慰渭维未蔚蟼 纬蠀谓伪喂魏蠋谓 纬喂伪 蟿畏 未喂未伪蟽魏伪位委伪 蟺伪喂未喂蠋谓 蟽蟿伪 蟽蟺委蟿喂伪.
惟渭萎 畏 伪蠁萎纬畏蟽畏 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 蟽蠀谓蔚蠂萎 蟺伪蟻维胃蔚蟽畏 纬蔚纬慰谓蠈蟿蠅谓. 螝喂 蠈渭蠅蟼 未蔚 胃伪 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉蟽蔚 谓伪 蔚委谓伪喂 未喂伪蠁慰蟻蔚蟿喂魏萎.
螠伪蟼 伪蠁畏纬蔚委蟿伪喂 蟽蠀纬魏位慰谓喂蟽蟿喂魏苇蟼 蟽魏畏谓苇蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰 渭苇纬蔚胃慰蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟿慰 伪谓蟿喂位伪渭尾维谓蔚蟿伪喂 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻伪 魏伪谓蔚委蟼 伪蟺蠈 魏慰谓蟿维. 螒蟽蟿伪渭维蟿畏蟿慰喂 尾慰渭尾伪蟻未喂蟽渭慰委, 蟺蟿蠋渭伪蟿伪 蟺伪谓蟿慰蠉, 渭喂魏蟻维 蟺伪喂未喂维 渭蔚 魏慰渭渭苇谓伪 维魏蟻伪 魏伪喂 蟺伪蟻维位位畏位伪 魏维蟺慰喂蔚蟼 渭喂魏蟻苇蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺维胃蔚喂蔚蟼 谓伪 蟽蠀谓蔚蠂委蟽慰蠀谓 蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟿慰蠀蟼 魏维谓慰谓蟿伪蟼 蠈谓蔚喂蟻伪 纬喂伪 蟿慰 渭苇位位慰谓 萎 慰蟻纬伪谓蠋谓慰谓蟿伪蟼 慰渭维未蔚蟼 纬蠀谓伪喂魏蠋谓 纬喂伪 蟿畏 未喂未伪蟽魏伪位委伪 蟺伪喂未喂蠋谓 蟽蟿伪 蟽蟺委蟿喂伪.
惟渭萎 畏 伪蠁萎纬畏蟽畏 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 蟽蠀谓蔚蠂萎 蟺伪蟻维胃蔚蟽畏 纬蔚纬慰谓蠈蟿蠅谓. 螝喂 蠈渭蠅蟼 未蔚 胃伪 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉蟽蔚 谓伪 蔚委谓伪喂 未喂伪蠁慰蟻蔚蟿喂魏萎.
July 29, 2024
"La por葲ile t膬r芒mului de nic膬ieri" este o carte-m膬rturie care ne prezint膬 situa葲ia dezastruoas膬 din Siria: revolta care ulterior s-a transformat 卯ntr-un r膬zboi civil s芒ngeros 葯i interminabil. Samar Yazbek a fost for葲at膬 s膬 ia calea exilului din cauza regimului lui Bassar-al-Assad, 卯ns膬 aceasta s-a 卯ntors 卯n 葲ar膬 de mai multe ori, 卯n secret, pentru a oferi ajutor refugia葲ilor 葯i pentru a vorbi cu solda葲ii de pe prima linie, c芒t 葯i cu femeile, copiii 葯i b膬tr芒nii r膬ma葯i 卯n spatele frontului dar care tr膬iesc de la o zi la alta printre bombe 葯i luneti葯ti, totodat膬 lupt芒ndu-se cu restric葲iile 葯i cu foamea, neav芒nd timp nici s膬 卯葯i pl芒ng膬 mor葲ii. Un r膬zboi crunt 葯i nedrept, cum sunt de altfel toate r膬zboaiele astea nenorocite din 卯ntreaga lume, care le fur膬 copiilor dreptul la o copil膬rie fericit膬, iar p膬rin葲ilor le fur膬 propriii copii.
De la 卯nceputurile Armatei Libere 葯i p芒n膬 la instalarea fanatismului ISIS, cartea "La por葲ile t膬r芒mului de nic膬ieri" poate fi considerat膬 un adev膬rat document istoric 卯n ceea ce prive葯te revolu葲ia din Siria. Pe l芒ng膬 importan葲膬 istoric膬, Samar Yazbek ofer膬 葯i frumuse葲e literar膬 prin profunzimea frazelor sale. Subiectul 卯n sine nu are nevoie de metafore prin care s膬 impresioneze, a葯adar vom 卯nt芒lni fraze simple, dar emo葲ionante 葯i cutremur膬toare. De multe ori am fost nevoit膬 s膬 pun cartea jos pentru a trage aer 卯n piept... O carte dureroas膬, dar a葯 numi-o totu葯i necesar膬.
De la Samar Yazbek am mai citit 卯n urm膬 cu c芒葲iva ani cartea "Fata care nu se putea opri din mers", fic葲iune desprins膬 din realitatea unei feti葲e prin ochii c膬reia vedem r膬zboiul din Siria.
De la 卯nceputurile Armatei Libere 葯i p芒n膬 la instalarea fanatismului ISIS, cartea "La por葲ile t膬r芒mului de nic膬ieri" poate fi considerat膬 un adev膬rat document istoric 卯n ceea ce prive葯te revolu葲ia din Siria. Pe l芒ng膬 importan葲膬 istoric膬, Samar Yazbek ofer膬 葯i frumuse葲e literar膬 prin profunzimea frazelor sale. Subiectul 卯n sine nu are nevoie de metafore prin care s膬 impresioneze, a葯adar vom 卯nt芒lni fraze simple, dar emo葲ionante 葯i cutremur膬toare. De multe ori am fost nevoit膬 s膬 pun cartea jos pentru a trage aer 卯n piept... O carte dureroas膬, dar a葯 numi-o totu葯i necesar膬.
De la Samar Yazbek am mai citit 卯n urm膬 cu c芒葲iva ani cartea "Fata care nu se putea opri din mers", fic葲iune desprins膬 din realitatea unei feti葲e prin ochii c膬reia vedem r膬zboiul din Siria.
February 24, 2018
This was a country in name only, sliced up into areas controlled by rival military brigades, all of them submitting to the absolute power of a murderous sky. But here we carried on with life, regardless. Families plodded on, eking out a living under the lethal sky, among the barbarisms of the extremist battalions.
Samar Yazbeck is an Alawite Syrian journalist, living in exile in France. This book details her experiences on the three separate occasions in 2012/2013 when she crosses back into her home country to bear witness to what is happening there. She stays with and interviews ordinary women and men, journalists and leaders of military brigades. She shows great courage and compassion.
As you would expect, this is not an easy read. It is eye opening, distressing, shocking and absolutely heart breaking. An important book to help understand the war in Syria, sadly still very relevant today.
Samar Yazbeck is an Alawite Syrian journalist, living in exile in France. This book details her experiences on the three separate occasions in 2012/2013 when she crosses back into her home country to bear witness to what is happening there. She stays with and interviews ordinary women and men, journalists and leaders of military brigades. She shows great courage and compassion.
As you would expect, this is not an easy read. It is eye opening, distressing, shocking and absolutely heart breaking. An important book to help understand the war in Syria, sadly still very relevant today.
March 31, 2017
韦慰 尾喂尾位委慰 伪蠀蟿蠈 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿畏蟻委味蔚蟿伪喂 蠅蟼 伪蠁萎纬畏渭伪 魏伪喂 胃伪 苇位蔚纬伪 蔚委谓伪喂 尾喂蠅渭伪蟿喂魏蠈, 蟺蔚蟻喂纬蟻维蠁蔚喂 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿维蟽蔚喂蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟿畏蟼 苇味畏蟽蔚 畏 委未喂伪 畏 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼. 危蟿畏谓 慰蠀蟽委伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蠈位慰 渭喂伪 渭伪蟻蟿蠀蟻委伪 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 魏伪蟿维蟽蟿伪蟽畏 蟽蟿畏 危蠀蟻委伪 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蟿畏 尾喂蠋谓慰蠀谓 慰喂 伪蟺位慰委 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰喂 蟽蔚 蟿慰蟺喂魏蠈 蔚蟺委蟺蔚未慰. 危蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蔚委谓伪喂 魏伪蟿伪纬蟻伪渭渭苇谓畏 畏 伪位萎胃蔚喂伪 蟿慰蠀蟼, 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蟿畏谓 伪谓蟿喂位伪渭尾维谓慰谓蟿伪喂 魏伪喂 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蟿畏 味慰蠀谓. 螖蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 伪蟺蠈蟺蔚喂蟻伪 蟺慰位喂蟿喂魏萎蟼 伪谓维位蠀蟽畏蟼 萎 伪蟺蠈未慰蟽畏蟼 蔚蠀胃蠀谓蠋谓. 螔苇尾伪喂伪 蟺伪蟻慰蠀蟽喂维味蔚蟿伪喂 畏 伪位萎胃蔚喂伪 蟿蠅谓 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺蠅谓 蟽蟿喂蟼 蔚蟺伪谓伪蟽蟿伪蟿畏渭苇谓蔚蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂慰蠂苇蟼 蔚蟺慰渭苇谓蠅蟼 伪谓维位慰纬畏 蔚委谓伪喂 魏伪喂 畏 慰蟺蟿喂魏萎 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪位位维 蠈蟺慰喂伪 魏伪喂 伪谓 胃伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿蔚位喂魏维 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻喂魏萎 蔚蟿蠀渭畏纬慰蟻委伪 纬喂伪 蟿畏 危蠀蟻委伪, 畏 伪位萎胃蔚喂伪 蟿慰蠀 蟺慰位苇渭慰蠀, 蔚喂未喂魏维 纬喂伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪渭维蠂慰蠀蟼, 蔚委谓伪喂 渭委伪 魏伪喂 蔚委谓伪喂 蟽魏位畏蟻萎.
螠蔚 魏慰蠉蟻伪蟽蔚 位委纬慰 畏 蟽蠀谓蔚蠂蠈渭蔚谓畏 伪蠁萎纬畏蟽畏, 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蠂蠅蟻委味蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 蟿蟻委伪 渭苇蟻畏 蟿蠅谓 蔚魏伪蟿蠈 蟺蔚蟻委蟺慰蠀 蟽蔚位委未蠅谓 蟿慰 魏伪胃苇谓伪 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 蟺蔚蟻伪喂蟿苇蟻蠅 未喂伪蠂蠅蟻喂蟽渭蠈 蟽蔚 魏蔚蠁维位伪喂伪.
螒魏慰蠉蟽蟿蔚 蟿畏谓 维蟺o蠄萎 渭慰蠀 纬喂伪 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蟽蟿慰 蟿慰蠀 Ex Libris!
螠蔚 魏慰蠉蟻伪蟽蔚 位委纬慰 畏 蟽蠀谓蔚蠂蠈渭蔚谓畏 伪蠁萎纬畏蟽畏, 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蠂蠅蟻委味蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 蟿蟻委伪 渭苇蟻畏 蟿蠅谓 蔚魏伪蟿蠈 蟺蔚蟻委蟺慰蠀 蟽蔚位委未蠅谓 蟿慰 魏伪胃苇谓伪 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 蟺蔚蟻伪喂蟿苇蟻蠅 未喂伪蠂蠅蟻喂蟽渭蠈 蟽蔚 魏蔚蠁维位伪喂伪.
螒魏慰蠉蟽蟿蔚 蟿畏谓 维蟺o蠄萎 渭慰蠀 纬喂伪 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蟽蟿慰 蟿慰蠀 Ex Libris!
May 4, 2025
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June 20, 2016
I really think The Crossing is a modern political classic; a visceral reminder of what humanity can do, as well as a direct charge to all of us outside of Syria to pay attention and realise how complicit our governments are in what is happening. Heartbreaking, hard to read, beautifully written and incredibly moving, I will not forget The Crossing and Yazbek's haunting and honest prose for a long time. Essential reading.
September 1, 2024
O carte de memorii-reportaj 卯n care, cu un talent remarcabil, Samar Yazbek vorbe葯te despre atrocit膬葲ile r膬zboiului religios 卯n care s-au transformat n膬zuin葲ele sirienilor manifestan葲i pentru libertate 葯i democra葲ie, odat膬 cu Prim膬vara arab膬.
O carte foarte dur膬 葯i greu de dus la cap膬t, dar o m膬rturie valoroas膬 despre escaladarea r膬zboiului jihadist 卯n Orientul Mijlociu.
O carte foarte dur膬 葯i greu de dus la cap膬t, dar o m膬rturie valoroas膬 despre escaladarea r膬zboiului jihadist 卯n Orientul Mijlociu.
April 6, 2022
D艂ugo przysz艂o nam czeka膰 na ten g艂os z wn臋trza piek艂a. Ksi膮偶ka 鈥濸rzeprawa. Moja podr贸偶 do p臋kni臋tego serca Syrii鈥� ukaza艂a si臋 w pi臋膰 lat po rozpocz臋ciu rewolucji syryjskiej. Ale warto by艂o czeka膰, bo ksi膮偶ka wbija w fotel. Ten 谤别辫辞谤迟补偶 jest nie tylko 艣wiadectwem tego, jak na przestrzeni pi臋ciu lat zmienia艂a si臋 sytuacja na froncie. Przede wszystkim pozwala zobaczy膰, co przez ten czas zmieni艂o si臋 w ludzkich g艂owach i jak jedna rewolucyjna iskra przerodzi艂a si臋 w niegasn膮cy po偶ar wojny.
Zanim podnios膮 si臋 g艂osy sprzeciwu wobec pisz膮cych o wojnie w Syrii 鈥瀞pecjalist贸w鈥�, siedz膮cych w cieplutkich domkach, w modnych pulowerkach, z kaweczk膮 za uprz膮tni臋tymi biureczkami, kilka s艂贸w o tym kim jest autorka ksi膮偶ki i dlaczego jej wizja sytuacji w Syrii jest dla mnie przekonuj膮ca.
Po pierwsze, Samar Yazbek to urodzona w 1970 roku obywatelka Syrii. Nie porusza si臋 po omacku w z艂o偶onej rzeczywisto艣ci politycznej i religijnej tego kraju, ale wie czego i gdzie szuka膰. Wie kogo zapyta膰, 偶eby otrzyma膰 odpowied藕 na pytanie o pochodzenie, przebieg i skutki konfliktu.
Po drugie, Yazbek jest zawodow膮 dziennikark膮, zdobywczyni膮 licznych nagr贸d. Ma bardzo dobry warsztat, jest surowym, zdyscyplinowanym i przenikliwym narratorem dla swojej historii. Nade wszystko oddaje g艂os tym, kt贸rych spotyka w drodze: rewolucjonistom, aktywistom, mieszka艅com bombardowanych miast, uchod藕com, d偶ihadystom. Nie jest jednak narratorem prze藕roczystym. Jej osobiste do艣wiadczenia sprawiaj膮, 偶e sama jest idealnym dope艂nieniem wy偶ej wymienionej listy os贸b, kt贸rzy maj膮 wiele do przekazania na temat Syrii. Sama jest syryjskim wygna艅cem.
Po trzecie, Yazbek jest alawitk膮. Z ka偶dym kolejnym ryzykownym powrotem do Syrii coraz bardziej by艂a postrzegana jako cz臋艣膰 nepotystycznej bandy, kt贸ra z tytu艂u przynale偶no艣ci do grupy religijnej uzurpowa艂a sobie prawo do wi臋kszego kawa艂ka syryjskiego tortu. Z ka偶d膮 mro偶膮c膮 krew w 偶y艂ach przepraw膮 przez drut kolczasty na tureck0-syryjskiej granicy, Yazbek stawa艂a si臋 w oczach innych coraz mniej Syryjk膮, a coraz bardziej wrogiem. Chorob膮, kt贸ra toczy艂a kraj od 艣rodka przez tyle lat po to, 偶eby teraz ostatecznie go wyko艅czy膰. Ale mimo tego, 偶e musia艂a ukrywa膰 swoj膮 to偶samo艣膰, wci膮偶 nie przestawa艂a zadawa膰 pyta艅.
Nie ma si臋 co oszukiwa膰, ksi膮偶ka jest miejscami brutalna. Nie brak w niej historii os贸b, kt贸re straci艂y wszystko, z cz臋艣ciami cia艂a w艂膮cznie. Nie brak gruz贸w zasypuj膮cych ca艂e rodziny, dzieci臋cych r膮czek wystaj膮cych spod zawalonych budynk贸w i luf karabin贸w wycelowanych z niewinnych. Jest to jednak taka dawka przemocy, kt贸ra nie epatuje, ale pozwala zrozumie膰, 偶e to, co widzimy na ekranach telewizor贸w to wojna w estetycznie zapakowana, w pude艂ku z kokardk膮. Yazbek pokazuje czytelnikowi tyle, ile musi on zobaczy膰, 偶eby uwierzy膰, 偶e ten dramat jest realny, 偶e jest dla kogo艣 codzienno艣ci膮.
Od 2011 roku Yazeb odwiedzi艂a Syri臋 trzykrotnie, obserwuj膮c jej osuwanie si臋 w przepa艣膰 chaosu. Spod ruiny, przechowane w ludzkich g艂owach, zachowaniach, lokalnych tradycjach, wy艂aniaj膮 si臋 strz臋pki dawnej Syrii 鈥� go艣cinni ludzie, opowie艣ci przy ognisku, gor膮ca herbata z mi臋t膮, czarna kawa z kardamonem z miedzianego imbryka. Te strz臋py dawnego 偶ycia pozwalaj膮 tym, kt贸rzy nie chc膮 czy nie mog膮 uciec, zachowa膰 resztki normalno艣ci. 呕ycie toczy si臋 dalej, tyle, 偶e z niecichn膮cym soundtrackiem spadaj膮cych bomb i wystrza艂贸w.
Przeprawa zawiera wszystko, co musisz wiedzie膰, co chcesz wiedzie膰 i czego nie chcesz wiedzie膰 o Syrii. Ta ksi膮偶ka nie da ci spa膰. Ale odp艂aci si臋 tym, 偶e odpowie na wszystkie pytania: co si臋 dzieje aktualnie w Syrii? Dlaczego ludzie stamt膮d uciekaj膮? Czego szukaj膮 uciekaj膮c za granic臋? Dlaczego chc膮 tam wraca膰? Po kt贸r膮 jasn膮 choler臋 kto艣 tam zosta艂, wci膮偶 mieszka i nie zamierza si臋 rusza膰 na krok od zgliszcz swojego domu? Ksi膮偶ka nie zostawi bez odpowiedzi tak偶e pyta艅 natury politycznej: kim jest organizacja Pa艅stwa Islamskiego, jak si臋 pojawi艂a w Syrii i co tam robi? Jak s膮 zorganizowane rewolucyjne armie, kt贸re rozpocz臋艂y walki przeciw al-Asadowi? Kto jest z kim w tej uk艂adance i czy kto艣 zna rozwi膮zanie tej 艂amig艂贸wki? Czy uda si臋 i czy kto艣 w og贸le pr贸buje odci膮膰 艂eb tej wielog艂owej hydrze wojny? Czego nie wyja艣ni doskona艂y wst臋p Piotra Balcerowicza Syryjska wojna domowa. Damasce艅ska Wielka Gra, to dopowiedz膮 bohaterowi opowie艣ci.
W ksi膮偶ce pojawiaj膮 si臋 dwa polskie akcenty. Pierwszy jest tak smutny, 偶e odechciewa si臋 przyznawa膰 do swojego kraju. Dotyczy sprzeda偶y przez rz膮d polski zakazanej prawem mi臋dzynarodowym amunicji kasetowej do Syrii. Polska nie jest sygnatariuszem konwencji zakazuj膮cej produkcji broni kasetowej i legalnie mo偶e sprzedawa膰 j膮 jak chce i komu chce. W praktyce natomiast pociski kasetowe s膮 jednym z tych rodzaj贸w broni, kt贸rym dokonano najbrutalniejszych masakr na ludno艣ci cywilnej podczas pi臋ciu lat wojny w Syrii. Jest to bro艅 wzbudzaj膮ca parali偶uj膮cy strach w艣r贸d ludno艣ci syryjskiej. Bro艅, przed kt贸r膮 nawet si臋 nie ucieka, nie zbiega panicznie do piwnic, bo nie da si臋 uchroni膰 przed jej niszczycielkim dzia艂aniem. Ale hajs musi si臋 zgadza膰.
Drugi akcent to akcent pozytywny. Yazbek wspomina w swoim 谤别辫辞谤迟补偶u posta膰 polskiego fotografa i 谤别辫辞谤迟补偶ysty, Marcina Sudera. Cz艂owieka, kt贸ry sprawia wra偶enie, 偶e dla niego strach nie istnieje. Polecam pozna膰 t臋 posta膰 bli偶ej.
To prawda, 偶e 谤别辫辞谤迟补偶 Yazbek ma co艣 z Procesu Kafki. Schemat psychicznego uwik艂ania, zapadania si臋 w ob艂臋d, jest taki sam. Im bardziej wchodzisz w rzeczywisto艣膰 wojenn膮 Syrii, im wi臋cej czasu tam sp臋dzasz, im wi臋cej os贸b tam poznasz i pokochasz, tym bardziej jeste艣 uwik艂any, wessany, poch艂oni臋ty i to w spos贸b nieodwracalny. Z ka偶dym kolejnym nielegalnym przekroczeniem granicy syryjskiego chaosu nabierasz pewno艣ci, 偶e cho膰by艣 i tymczasowo uciek艂 艣mierci, nigdy nie b臋dziesz taki sam. Poczucie beznadziei wyci膮ga do ciebie swoje lepkie, ciemne macki, a ty zupe艂nie oboj臋tnie podajesz mu r臋k臋. Wkr臋casz si臋 w b艂臋dne ko艂o zniszczenia. Zostaje pytanie czy w ostatniej chwili uda ci si臋 uwolni膰 z wi臋z贸w, czy to ko艂o ci臋 z艂amie.
Zanim podnios膮 si臋 g艂osy sprzeciwu wobec pisz膮cych o wojnie w Syrii 鈥瀞pecjalist贸w鈥�, siedz膮cych w cieplutkich domkach, w modnych pulowerkach, z kaweczk膮 za uprz膮tni臋tymi biureczkami, kilka s艂贸w o tym kim jest autorka ksi膮偶ki i dlaczego jej wizja sytuacji w Syrii jest dla mnie przekonuj膮ca.
Po pierwsze, Samar Yazbek to urodzona w 1970 roku obywatelka Syrii. Nie porusza si臋 po omacku w z艂o偶onej rzeczywisto艣ci politycznej i religijnej tego kraju, ale wie czego i gdzie szuka膰. Wie kogo zapyta膰, 偶eby otrzyma膰 odpowied藕 na pytanie o pochodzenie, przebieg i skutki konfliktu.
Po drugie, Yazbek jest zawodow膮 dziennikark膮, zdobywczyni膮 licznych nagr贸d. Ma bardzo dobry warsztat, jest surowym, zdyscyplinowanym i przenikliwym narratorem dla swojej historii. Nade wszystko oddaje g艂os tym, kt贸rych spotyka w drodze: rewolucjonistom, aktywistom, mieszka艅com bombardowanych miast, uchod藕com, d偶ihadystom. Nie jest jednak narratorem prze藕roczystym. Jej osobiste do艣wiadczenia sprawiaj膮, 偶e sama jest idealnym dope艂nieniem wy偶ej wymienionej listy os贸b, kt贸rzy maj膮 wiele do przekazania na temat Syrii. Sama jest syryjskim wygna艅cem.
Po trzecie, Yazbek jest alawitk膮. Z ka偶dym kolejnym ryzykownym powrotem do Syrii coraz bardziej by艂a postrzegana jako cz臋艣膰 nepotystycznej bandy, kt贸ra z tytu艂u przynale偶no艣ci do grupy religijnej uzurpowa艂a sobie prawo do wi臋kszego kawa艂ka syryjskiego tortu. Z ka偶d膮 mro偶膮c膮 krew w 偶y艂ach przepraw膮 przez drut kolczasty na tureck0-syryjskiej granicy, Yazbek stawa艂a si臋 w oczach innych coraz mniej Syryjk膮, a coraz bardziej wrogiem. Chorob膮, kt贸ra toczy艂a kraj od 艣rodka przez tyle lat po to, 偶eby teraz ostatecznie go wyko艅czy膰. Ale mimo tego, 偶e musia艂a ukrywa膰 swoj膮 to偶samo艣膰, wci膮偶 nie przestawa艂a zadawa膰 pyta艅.
Nie ma si臋 co oszukiwa膰, ksi膮偶ka jest miejscami brutalna. Nie brak w niej historii os贸b, kt贸re straci艂y wszystko, z cz臋艣ciami cia艂a w艂膮cznie. Nie brak gruz贸w zasypuj膮cych ca艂e rodziny, dzieci臋cych r膮czek wystaj膮cych spod zawalonych budynk贸w i luf karabin贸w wycelowanych z niewinnych. Jest to jednak taka dawka przemocy, kt贸ra nie epatuje, ale pozwala zrozumie膰, 偶e to, co widzimy na ekranach telewizor贸w to wojna w estetycznie zapakowana, w pude艂ku z kokardk膮. Yazbek pokazuje czytelnikowi tyle, ile musi on zobaczy膰, 偶eby uwierzy膰, 偶e ten dramat jest realny, 偶e jest dla kogo艣 codzienno艣ci膮.
Od 2011 roku Yazeb odwiedzi艂a Syri臋 trzykrotnie, obserwuj膮c jej osuwanie si臋 w przepa艣膰 chaosu. Spod ruiny, przechowane w ludzkich g艂owach, zachowaniach, lokalnych tradycjach, wy艂aniaj膮 si臋 strz臋pki dawnej Syrii 鈥� go艣cinni ludzie, opowie艣ci przy ognisku, gor膮ca herbata z mi臋t膮, czarna kawa z kardamonem z miedzianego imbryka. Te strz臋py dawnego 偶ycia pozwalaj膮 tym, kt贸rzy nie chc膮 czy nie mog膮 uciec, zachowa膰 resztki normalno艣ci. 呕ycie toczy si臋 dalej, tyle, 偶e z niecichn膮cym soundtrackiem spadaj膮cych bomb i wystrza艂贸w.
Przeprawa zawiera wszystko, co musisz wiedzie膰, co chcesz wiedzie膰 i czego nie chcesz wiedzie膰 o Syrii. Ta ksi膮偶ka nie da ci spa膰. Ale odp艂aci si臋 tym, 偶e odpowie na wszystkie pytania: co si臋 dzieje aktualnie w Syrii? Dlaczego ludzie stamt膮d uciekaj膮? Czego szukaj膮 uciekaj膮c za granic臋? Dlaczego chc膮 tam wraca膰? Po kt贸r膮 jasn膮 choler臋 kto艣 tam zosta艂, wci膮偶 mieszka i nie zamierza si臋 rusza膰 na krok od zgliszcz swojego domu? Ksi膮偶ka nie zostawi bez odpowiedzi tak偶e pyta艅 natury politycznej: kim jest organizacja Pa艅stwa Islamskiego, jak si臋 pojawi艂a w Syrii i co tam robi? Jak s膮 zorganizowane rewolucyjne armie, kt贸re rozpocz臋艂y walki przeciw al-Asadowi? Kto jest z kim w tej uk艂adance i czy kto艣 zna rozwi膮zanie tej 艂amig艂贸wki? Czy uda si臋 i czy kto艣 w og贸le pr贸buje odci膮膰 艂eb tej wielog艂owej hydrze wojny? Czego nie wyja艣ni doskona艂y wst臋p Piotra Balcerowicza Syryjska wojna domowa. Damasce艅ska Wielka Gra, to dopowiedz膮 bohaterowi opowie艣ci.
W ksi膮偶ce pojawiaj膮 si臋 dwa polskie akcenty. Pierwszy jest tak smutny, 偶e odechciewa si臋 przyznawa膰 do swojego kraju. Dotyczy sprzeda偶y przez rz膮d polski zakazanej prawem mi臋dzynarodowym amunicji kasetowej do Syrii. Polska nie jest sygnatariuszem konwencji zakazuj膮cej produkcji broni kasetowej i legalnie mo偶e sprzedawa膰 j膮 jak chce i komu chce. W praktyce natomiast pociski kasetowe s膮 jednym z tych rodzaj贸w broni, kt贸rym dokonano najbrutalniejszych masakr na ludno艣ci cywilnej podczas pi臋ciu lat wojny w Syrii. Jest to bro艅 wzbudzaj膮ca parali偶uj膮cy strach w艣r贸d ludno艣ci syryjskiej. Bro艅, przed kt贸r膮 nawet si臋 nie ucieka, nie zbiega panicznie do piwnic, bo nie da si臋 uchroni膰 przed jej niszczycielkim dzia艂aniem. Ale hajs musi si臋 zgadza膰.
Drugi akcent to akcent pozytywny. Yazbek wspomina w swoim 谤别辫辞谤迟补偶u posta膰 polskiego fotografa i 谤别辫辞谤迟补偶ysty, Marcina Sudera. Cz艂owieka, kt贸ry sprawia wra偶enie, 偶e dla niego strach nie istnieje. Polecam pozna膰 t臋 posta膰 bli偶ej.
To prawda, 偶e 谤别辫辞谤迟补偶 Yazbek ma co艣 z Procesu Kafki. Schemat psychicznego uwik艂ania, zapadania si臋 w ob艂臋d, jest taki sam. Im bardziej wchodzisz w rzeczywisto艣膰 wojenn膮 Syrii, im wi臋cej czasu tam sp臋dzasz, im wi臋cej os贸b tam poznasz i pokochasz, tym bardziej jeste艣 uwik艂any, wessany, poch艂oni臋ty i to w spos贸b nieodwracalny. Z ka偶dym kolejnym nielegalnym przekroczeniem granicy syryjskiego chaosu nabierasz pewno艣ci, 偶e cho膰by艣 i tymczasowo uciek艂 艣mierci, nigdy nie b臋dziesz taki sam. Poczucie beznadziei wyci膮ga do ciebie swoje lepkie, ciemne macki, a ty zupe艂nie oboj臋tnie podajesz mu r臋k臋. Wkr臋casz si臋 w b艂臋dne ko艂o zniszczenia. Zostaje pytanie czy w ostatniej chwili uda ci si臋 uwolni膰 z wi臋z贸w, czy to ko艂o ci臋 z艂amie.
August 3, 2020
脡 um livro terr铆vel, e, por isso mesmo, muito interessante de ler.
January 15, 2017
Mocny tekst. Dzi臋ki autorce i jej podr贸偶om do Syrii w trakcie rewolucji widzimy, jak nadzieje umieraj膮, a walk臋 przejmuje kto艣 inny, ni偶 j膮 rozpocz膮艂, z zupe艂nie innymi celami. Du偶e poczucie beznadziei podczas czytania. Po sko艅czeniu czuj臋, 偶e konflikt w Syrii potrwa jeszcze d艂ugo.
Za ksi膮偶k臋 wzi膮艂em si臋 podczas podr贸偶y na Cypr. Siedz膮c na pla偶y i patrz膮c w stron臋 odleg艂ej o par臋set kilometr贸w Syrii czu艂em si臋 nieco surrealistycznie. Tutaj ca艂kowity spok贸j i urlopowy klimat, niedaleko st膮d dzia艂y si臋 opisywane tam wydarzenia.
W polskim wydaniu jest bardzo dobry wst臋p Piotra Balcerowicza, kt贸ry przeprowadza nas przez wszystkie grupy, kt贸re walcz膮 w tym konflikcie. Wa偶ne i przydatne do dalszej lektury.
Za ksi膮偶k臋 wzi膮艂em si臋 podczas podr贸偶y na Cypr. Siedz膮c na pla偶y i patrz膮c w stron臋 odleg艂ej o par臋set kilometr贸w Syrii czu艂em si臋 nieco surrealistycznie. Tutaj ca艂kowity spok贸j i urlopowy klimat, niedaleko st膮d dzia艂y si臋 opisywane tam wydarzenia.
W polskim wydaniu jest bardzo dobry wst臋p Piotra Balcerowicza, kt贸ry przeprowadza nas przez wszystkie grupy, kt贸re walcz膮 w tym konflikcie. Wa偶ne i przydatne do dalszej lektury.
September 17, 2016
丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱孬丕賳賷 賲賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 爻賲乇 賱卮賴丕丿丕鬲 賲賳 兀賱賾爻賳丞 丕賱卮毓亘 丕賱爻賵乇賷...丕賱亘胤賱 賮賷賴 賴賵 丕賱賲賵鬲
賲賴賲 賲賴賲 賲賴賲 賱賱賰賱 賵 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 賵賱賱兀噩賷丕賱 丕賱賯丕丿賲丞
賲賴賲 賲賴賲 賲賴賲 賱賱賰賱 賵 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 賵賱賱兀噩賷丕賱 丕賱賯丕丿賲丞
September 11, 2018
Heartbreaking.
I have no words that could do justice describing the horrors that have happened in Syria.
A beautiful country with an ancient history, it got thrown into ruins in the blink of an eye.
While I cannot claim to know the whole story or even decide who is in the right, all I can say is that I felt guilt, sadness, anger, frustration, helplessness, disgust and horror when I read Samar's descriptions of the plight of Syrians.
All they wanted was peace and to live their lives, but instead, all they know now is bloodshed and death.
I feel silly to even think reading Samar's words and shedding tears could bring me closer to the pain those embroiled in the conflict feel. My empathy if anything is shamefully temporary, as I have not experienced the wretchedness of a life like this first hand. If anything, her account has made me feel blessed for living in a safe country, free of war. At the same time, I feel helpless for having no ability to stop or change anything happening to this once glorious country.
My heart goes out to all Syrians, and while I know this won't mean much (or even anything at all), my prayers are with you, and I hope you'll know peace as I do in your homeland one day.
I have no words that could do justice describing the horrors that have happened in Syria.
A beautiful country with an ancient history, it got thrown into ruins in the blink of an eye.
While I cannot claim to know the whole story or even decide who is in the right, all I can say is that I felt guilt, sadness, anger, frustration, helplessness, disgust and horror when I read Samar's descriptions of the plight of Syrians.
All they wanted was peace and to live their lives, but instead, all they know now is bloodshed and death.
I feel silly to even think reading Samar's words and shedding tears could bring me closer to the pain those embroiled in the conflict feel. My empathy if anything is shamefully temporary, as I have not experienced the wretchedness of a life like this first hand. If anything, her account has made me feel blessed for living in a safe country, free of war. At the same time, I feel helpless for having no ability to stop or change anything happening to this once glorious country.
My heart goes out to all Syrians, and while I know this won't mean much (or even anything at all), my prayers are with you, and I hope you'll know peace as I do in your homeland one day.
November 15, 2019
賰鬲丕亘 賷賱禺氐 賲毓丕賷賳丕鬲 爻賲乇 賷夭亘賰 賱賵丕賯毓 丕賱氐乇丕毓 賮賷 爻賵乇賷丕 賵 賲丕 毓丕卮鬲賴 賵 卮丕賴丿鬲賴 亘兀賲 毓賷賳賴丕. 賰鬲丕亘 賲賮賷丿 噩丿丕賸 賱賰賱 賲賳 賷丨丕賵賱 氐亘睾 丕賱氐乇丕毓 亘爻賵乇賷丕 賮賷 賱賵賳賷賳貨 兀爻賵丿 賵 兀亘賷囟. 丨賯賷賯丞 丕賱氐乇丕毓 兀賳賴 賷鬲卮馗賶 貙 賰賲丕 鬲賮毓賱 兀噩爻丕丿 丕賱兀胤賮丕賱 賮賷 亘賱丿賷 賮賷 賰賱 孬丕賳賷丞 貙 廿賱賶 鬲丿乇噩丕鬲 賱丕 賲鬲賳丕賴賷丞 賲賳 丕賱亘賷丕囟 賵 丕賱爻賵丕丿.
賱毓賱 丕賱賳噩賵賲 丕賱孬賱丕孬 賴賷 丿賱賷賱 丨賷乇鬲賷 賮賷 鬲氐賳賷賮 賳賲胤 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱匕賷 賱賷爻 亘乇賵丕賷丞 賲毓 兀賳賴 賲賰鬲賵亘 亘賱睾丞 噩賲賷賱丞 貙 賵 賱賷爻 亘鬲賯乇賷乇 氐丨賮賷 賲毓 兀賳賴 賷丨賲賱 匕丕鬲 丕賱兀爻賱賵亘 貙 賱賰賳賴 賮賷 賰賱 丕賱兀賵賯丕鬲 賷乇氐丿 亘丨賷丕丿賷丞 賵丕賯毓 乇賷賮 丨賱亘 賵 廿丿賱亘 -亘丕賱兀禺氐- 丨鬲賶 爻賳丞 佗贍佟伲貙 丨賷孬 丕禺鬲賱胤 丨丕亘賱 丕賱噩賷卮 丕賱丨乇 賵 賲丕 鬲賮乇毓 毓賳賴 亘賳丕亘賱 丕賱鬲胤乇賮 丕賱丕爻賱丕賲賷 賲賳 噩亘賴丞 賳氐乇丞 賵 丿丕毓卮 賵 賱賮賷賮賴賲.
鈼� 丕賯鬲亘丕爻 :
"賰賳鬲 兀鬲禺賷賱 賵噩賴 丕賱胤賷丕乇 丕賱匕賷 賷賱賯賷 丕賱亘乇丕賲賷賱. 兀丨丕賵賱 乇爻賲 卮賰賱 廿賳爻丕賳賷 賱賴!"
" 丕賳鬲氐賮 丌亘 貙 賵 賱丕 卮賷 賷鬲睾賷乇. 鬲鬲睾賷乇 丕賱賵囟毓賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賷賲賵鬲 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賳丕爻. 賵 鬲禺鬲賱賮 胤乇丕卅賯 賲賵鬲賴賲 貙 賵 賲丕 賷亘賯賶 賲賳 兀卮賱丕卅賴賲 賮賯胤. 鬲賰乇丕乇 賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱毓賷卮 貙 賱丕 卮賷亍 賷賲賰賳 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳賴 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 鬲賳丕爻賱 丕賱丨賰丕賷丕鬲 賲賳 丕賱丨賰丕賷丕鬲. 丕賳鬲賯丕賲 丕賱卮乇 賲賳 丕賱卮乇 賵 丕賱锟斤拷賱丕賴丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲睾胤賷 丕賱賵噩賵賴 鬲丨鬲 賵胤兀丞 丕賱賯氐賮 丕賱賷賵賲賷 賵 丕賱丕氐賮乇丕乇 丕賱丿丕卅賲 賱丨丿賯丕鬲 丕賱毓賷賵賳 賵 賲噩賲賵毓丕鬲 丕賱賲卮乇丿賷賳. 賱丕 卮賷亍 賷夭丿丕丿 爻賵賶 丨噩賲 丕賱賰乇丕賴賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲爻丕賯胤 毓亘乇 爻賲賵賲 鬲賱賯賷 亘賴丕 丕賱胤丕卅乇丕鬲 賲賳 丕賱爻賲丕亍. 鬲鬲賰乇乇 丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 貙 賵噩賵賴 丕賱賳爻丕亍 丕賱噩賲賷賱丕鬲 丕賱兀乇丕賲賱 鬲丨鬲 毓賷賳 丕賱卮賲爻 貙 丕賱賲賱鬲賮丕鬲 丨賵賱 亘毓囟賴賳 貙 賷氐賳毓賳 賲賳 丕賱賲賵鬲 丨賷丕丞 貙 賵 賷賯賲賳 亘鬲賵囟賷亘 丨賯丕卅亘 賲賵鬲 丌禺乇."
丌亘 佗贍佟伲
賱毓賱 丕賱賳噩賵賲 丕賱孬賱丕孬 賴賷 丿賱賷賱 丨賷乇鬲賷 賮賷 鬲氐賳賷賮 賳賲胤 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱匕賷 賱賷爻 亘乇賵丕賷丞 賲毓 兀賳賴 賲賰鬲賵亘 亘賱睾丞 噩賲賷賱丞 貙 賵 賱賷爻 亘鬲賯乇賷乇 氐丨賮賷 賲毓 兀賳賴 賷丨賲賱 匕丕鬲 丕賱兀爻賱賵亘 貙 賱賰賳賴 賮賷 賰賱 丕賱兀賵賯丕鬲 賷乇氐丿 亘丨賷丕丿賷丞 賵丕賯毓 乇賷賮 丨賱亘 賵 廿丿賱亘 -亘丕賱兀禺氐- 丨鬲賶 爻賳丞 佗贍佟伲貙 丨賷孬 丕禺鬲賱胤 丨丕亘賱 丕賱噩賷卮 丕賱丨乇 賵 賲丕 鬲賮乇毓 毓賳賴 亘賳丕亘賱 丕賱鬲胤乇賮 丕賱丕爻賱丕賲賷 賲賳 噩亘賴丞 賳氐乇丞 賵 丿丕毓卮 賵 賱賮賷賮賴賲.
鈼� 丕賯鬲亘丕爻 :
"賰賳鬲 兀鬲禺賷賱 賵噩賴 丕賱胤賷丕乇 丕賱匕賷 賷賱賯賷 丕賱亘乇丕賲賷賱. 兀丨丕賵賱 乇爻賲 卮賰賱 廿賳爻丕賳賷 賱賴!"
" 丕賳鬲氐賮 丌亘 貙 賵 賱丕 卮賷 賷鬲睾賷乇. 鬲鬲睾賷乇 丕賱賵囟毓賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賷賲賵鬲 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賳丕爻. 賵 鬲禺鬲賱賮 胤乇丕卅賯 賲賵鬲賴賲 貙 賵 賲丕 賷亘賯賶 賲賳 兀卮賱丕卅賴賲 賮賯胤. 鬲賰乇丕乇 賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱毓賷卮 貙 賱丕 卮賷亍 賷賲賰賳 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳賴 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 鬲賳丕爻賱 丕賱丨賰丕賷丕鬲 賲賳 丕賱丨賰丕賷丕鬲. 丕賳鬲賯丕賲 丕賱卮乇 賲賳 丕賱卮乇 賵 丕賱锟斤拷賱丕賴丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲睾胤賷 丕賱賵噩賵賴 鬲丨鬲 賵胤兀丞 丕賱賯氐賮 丕賱賷賵賲賷 賵 丕賱丕氐賮乇丕乇 丕賱丿丕卅賲 賱丨丿賯丕鬲 丕賱毓賷賵賳 賵 賲噩賲賵毓丕鬲 丕賱賲卮乇丿賷賳. 賱丕 卮賷亍 賷夭丿丕丿 爻賵賶 丨噩賲 丕賱賰乇丕賴賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲爻丕賯胤 毓亘乇 爻賲賵賲 鬲賱賯賷 亘賴丕 丕賱胤丕卅乇丕鬲 賲賳 丕賱爻賲丕亍. 鬲鬲賰乇乇 丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 貙 賵噩賵賴 丕賱賳爻丕亍 丕賱噩賲賷賱丕鬲 丕賱兀乇丕賲賱 鬲丨鬲 毓賷賳 丕賱卮賲爻 貙 丕賱賲賱鬲賮丕鬲 丨賵賱 亘毓囟賴賳 貙 賷氐賳毓賳 賲賳 丕賱賲賵鬲 丨賷丕丞 貙 賵 賷賯賲賳 亘鬲賵囟賷亘 丨賯丕卅亘 賲賵鬲 丌禺乇."
丌亘 佗贍佟伲
October 8, 2020
Nawa艂nica przera偶aj膮cych obraz贸w, 艣wiadectw, perspektyw, paradoks贸w, bomb i emocji. Yazbek pisze na jednym oddechu, tak jak na jednym oddechu przemierza okupowane terytorium swojej ojczyzny, jest odwa偶na i uwa偶na, otwarta na dialog i wra偶liwa. Jej polifoniczna opowie艣膰 niczego nie rozja艣nia, pogr膮偶a w chaosie, bo 艂ad wydaje si臋 nieosi膮galny. Przeprawa jest immersyjna i przyt艂aczaj膮ca, zostawia po sobie bardziej stany ni偶 informacje. Warto.
October 8, 2015
One of the hardest and most heartbreaking books I've picked up. To have names and stories to this complicated war in Syria makes it more real. Everyone who want to know why refugees are leaving at such high risk should pick up this book. Powerful, pailful and yet there is still the hope of the human spirit.
August 17, 2022
5/5? 4,5/5?
鈥漇yrier 盲ter syrier, tuggar dem l氓ngsamt, f枚der marschen mot st枚rre 枚ppna f盲lt f枚r massakrer.鈥�
En oerh枚rt ber枚rande bok. Eftersom jag har relativt d氓lig koll p氓 det syriska inb枚rdeskriget var den h盲r boken ibland lite f枚rvirrande n盲r det kom till att h氓lla koll p氓 olika grupper i kriget. MEN det spelar inte s氓 stor roll alls. Det f枚rfattaren verkar vilja f氓 fram med boken 盲r ist盲llet hur folket faktiskt lever i Syrien mitt under brinnande krig. Yazbek lyckas beskriva scener ur kriget p氓 ett v盲ldigt fint s盲tt och man f氓r som l盲sare en v盲ldigt klar bild av vad som sker. Scenerna 盲r grafiska och ocensurerade vilket jag tror bidrar till att boken ber枚rde mig s氓 mycket. Den 盲r bitvis tung men det fanns stunder (framf枚rallt i kapitlet 鈥滵en andra porten鈥�) d氓 jag inte kunde slita mig fr氓n boken. Jag k盲nner redan nu efter att nyss l盲st klart boken att jag borde l盲sa om passager av den (om inte hela) f枚r att kunna ta in inneh氓llet ordentligt.
鈥漇yrier 盲ter syrier, tuggar dem l氓ngsamt, f枚der marschen mot st枚rre 枚ppna f盲lt f枚r massakrer.鈥�
En oerh枚rt ber枚rande bok. Eftersom jag har relativt d氓lig koll p氓 det syriska inb枚rdeskriget var den h盲r boken ibland lite f枚rvirrande n盲r det kom till att h氓lla koll p氓 olika grupper i kriget. MEN det spelar inte s氓 stor roll alls. Det f枚rfattaren verkar vilja f氓 fram med boken 盲r ist盲llet hur folket faktiskt lever i Syrien mitt under brinnande krig. Yazbek lyckas beskriva scener ur kriget p氓 ett v盲ldigt fint s盲tt och man f氓r som l盲sare en v盲ldigt klar bild av vad som sker. Scenerna 盲r grafiska och ocensurerade vilket jag tror bidrar till att boken ber枚rde mig s氓 mycket. Den 盲r bitvis tung men det fanns stunder (framf枚rallt i kapitlet 鈥滵en andra porten鈥�) d氓 jag inte kunde slita mig fr氓n boken. Jag k盲nner redan nu efter att nyss l盲st klart boken att jag borde l盲sa om passager av den (om inte hela) f枚r att kunna ta in inneh氓llet ordentligt.
February 9, 2025
Incredible - one of the most hard hitting, heartbreaking but also eye opening books I鈥檝e read. So insightful into daily life under a barbaric regime and religious conflict and stylistically easy to read (finished for me in a weekend!), would really really recommend for a book that will probably change the way you think
February 21, 2024
It鈥檚 so heartbreaking. So much lived experience and personal meaning to this
August 28, 2018
卮賴丕丿丞 賵丕賯毓賷丞 賲丐賱賲丞 賱賵丕賯毓 賲賳 丕賱卮賲丕賱 丕賱爻賵乇賷貙 兀卮禺丕氐 丨賯賷賯賷賵賳 賱丕 賷毓乇賮 毓賳賴賲 丕賱毓丕賱賲 卮賷亍貙 毓丕賱賲 賱丕 賷賴賲賴 爻賵賶 丕賱賲丕丿丞 丕賱廿毓賱丕賲賷丞 毓賳 丕賱賰鬲丕卅亘 丕賱鬲賰賮賷乇賷丞 賵丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲爻賷胤乇 毓賱賶 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲賳丕胤賯 賱賱丨氐賵賱 毓賱賶 兀賰亘乇 賯丿乇 賲賳 丕賱賲卮丕賴丿丞 賵丕賱鬲賲賵賷賱 賵丕賱乇亘丨.
"毓丕賱賲 丕賱氐賵乇丞 丕賱賲鬲賵丨卮丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲氐賳毓 賵丨賵卮丕賸 賱丕 賲亘丕賱賷丞. 丕賱丌賱丞 丕賱廿毓賱丕賲賷丞 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賲賴丿 賱賳爻賷丕賳 丕賱囟丨丕賷丕貙 毓亘乇 鬲賰孬賷賮 賲賵鬲賴賲 賵賳卮乇賴 亘賵丨卮賷賾丞 鬲禺賱賯 丕賱丕毓鬲賷丕丿貙 孬賲 鬲乇賲賷賴 賰賲丕丿丞 賲爻鬲賴賱賰丞"
亘賰賱 兀爻賮 丨鬲賶 兀賳丕 賰賳鬲 丕亘賳丞 賴匕丕 丕賱賵丕賯毓 丕賱賲丐賱賲貙 賲毓 亘丿丕賷丞 賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賵丕賱卮賵丕賴丿 丕賱鬲賷 賳賯賱鬲賴丕 爻賲乇 賷夭亘賰貙 毓丕丿鬲 賱賷 匕丕賰乇丞 鬲賱賰 丕賱爻賳賵丕鬲貙 卮毓乇鬲 亘賰賱 鬲賮氐賷賱 賯丕賲鬲 亘鬲丿賵賷賳賴 賵鬲賵孬賷賯賴貙 賱鬲毓賵丿 兀賮賰丕乇賷 賵賲卮丕毓乇賷 賲毓 賲鬲丕亘毓丞 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賱禺丿乇 賱丕夭賲賳賷 賱爻賳賵丕鬲 丕賱丌賳 丨鬲賶 兀賳賴 賯丿 兀氐亘丨 賲丕 兀賯乇兀賴 賵賰兀賳賴 賲賳 禺賷丕賱. 賴匕賴 丕賱丨丕賱丞 賴賷 鬲賲丕賲丕賸 賲丕 丨氐賱 賵 賷丨氐賱 賲毓 丕賱賲鬲丕亘毓丞 丕賱賲爻鬲賲乇丞 賱賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱爻賵乇賷賾丞 賵丕賱賲賵丕丿 丕賱廿毓賱丕賲賷丞 丕賱禺丕氐丞 亘賴丕. 賱賰賳 賵賰賲丕 賮賷 賰賱 賲乇丞 爻賲乇 賷夭亘賰 鬲亘賴乇賳賷 賵鬲噩匕亘 丿賲賵毓賷 賵賰賱 禺賱丕賷丕賷 亘賰賱 賰賱賲丞 賰鬲亘鬲賴丕 賵賳賯賱鬲賴丕貙 鬲賵賯馗賳賷 賲賳 禺丿乇賷 賵鬲毓賷丿賳賷 賱賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞貙 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨氐賱 賮賷 爻賵乇賷丕 丕賱賷賵賲.
丕賱賲賳賮賶 賷禺丿賾乇 賵賷賯鬲賱貙 賷睾賷賾乇 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賵賷噩乇丿賴 賲賳 兀丨丕爻賷爻賴. 賷噩亘 丕賱丕賳鬲亘丕賴 賱毓丿賲 賮賯丿丕賳 丕賱匕丕賰乇丞 賵丕賱賴賵賷丞 賵毓丿賲 賳爻賷丕賳 賲丕 丨氐賱 賵賷丨氐賱. 爻賲乇 兀賵賯馗鬲賳賷 賲賳 爻亘丕鬲 賲賳賮丕賷 (賷賯馗丞 賲丐賱賲丞 賱賰賳 囟乇賵乇賷丞)
賱丕 兀爻鬲胤賷毓 鬲禺賷賾賱 賲丕匕丕 丕毓鬲氐乇 賵賷毓鬲氐乇 亘賯賱亘 爻賲乇 賵賱丕 丨鬲賶 賰賷賮 丕爻鬲胤丕毓鬲 鬲禺胤賾賷 賰賱 賲丕 丨氐賱!
"毓丕賱賲 丕賱氐賵乇丞 丕賱賲鬲賵丨卮丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲氐賳毓 賵丨賵卮丕賸 賱丕 賲亘丕賱賷丞. 丕賱丌賱丞 丕賱廿毓賱丕賲賷丞 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賲賴丿 賱賳爻賷丕賳 丕賱囟丨丕賷丕貙 毓亘乇 鬲賰孬賷賮 賲賵鬲賴賲 賵賳卮乇賴 亘賵丨卮賷賾丞 鬲禺賱賯 丕賱丕毓鬲賷丕丿貙 孬賲 鬲乇賲賷賴 賰賲丕丿丞 賲爻鬲賴賱賰丞"
亘賰賱 兀爻賮 丨鬲賶 兀賳丕 賰賳鬲 丕亘賳丞 賴匕丕 丕賱賵丕賯毓 丕賱賲丐賱賲貙 賲毓 亘丿丕賷丞 賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賵丕賱卮賵丕賴丿 丕賱鬲賷 賳賯賱鬲賴丕 爻賲乇 賷夭亘賰貙 毓丕丿鬲 賱賷 匕丕賰乇丞 鬲賱賰 丕賱爻賳賵丕鬲貙 卮毓乇鬲 亘賰賱 鬲賮氐賷賱 賯丕賲鬲 亘鬲丿賵賷賳賴 賵鬲賵孬賷賯賴貙 賱鬲毓賵丿 兀賮賰丕乇賷 賵賲卮丕毓乇賷 賲毓 賲鬲丕亘毓丞 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賱禺丿乇 賱丕夭賲賳賷 賱爻賳賵丕鬲 丕賱丌賳 丨鬲賶 兀賳賴 賯丿 兀氐亘丨 賲丕 兀賯乇兀賴 賵賰兀賳賴 賲賳 禺賷丕賱. 賴匕賴 丕賱丨丕賱丞 賴賷 鬲賲丕賲丕賸 賲丕 丨氐賱 賵 賷丨氐賱 賲毓 丕賱賲鬲丕亘毓丞 丕賱賲爻鬲賲乇丞 賱賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱爻賵乇賷賾丞 賵丕賱賲賵丕丿 丕賱廿毓賱丕賲賷丞 丕賱禺丕氐丞 亘賴丕. 賱賰賳 賵賰賲丕 賮賷 賰賱 賲乇丞 爻賲乇 賷夭亘賰 鬲亘賴乇賳賷 賵鬲噩匕亘 丿賲賵毓賷 賵賰賱 禺賱丕賷丕賷 亘賰賱 賰賱賲丞 賰鬲亘鬲賴丕 賵賳賯賱鬲賴丕貙 鬲賵賯馗賳賷 賲賳 禺丿乇賷 賵鬲毓賷丿賳賷 賱賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞貙 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨氐賱 賮賷 爻賵乇賷丕 丕賱賷賵賲.
丕賱賲賳賮賶 賷禺丿賾乇 賵賷賯鬲賱貙 賷睾賷賾乇 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賵賷噩乇丿賴 賲賳 兀丨丕爻賷爻賴. 賷噩亘 丕賱丕賳鬲亘丕賴 賱毓丿賲 賮賯丿丕賳 丕賱匕丕賰乇丞 賵丕賱賴賵賷丞 賵毓丿賲 賳爻賷丕賳 賲丕 丨氐賱 賵賷丨氐賱. 爻賲乇 兀賵賯馗鬲賳賷 賲賳 爻亘丕鬲 賲賳賮丕賷 (賷賯馗丞 賲丐賱賲丞 賱賰賳 囟乇賵乇賷丞)
賱丕 兀爻鬲胤賷毓 鬲禺賷賾賱 賲丕匕丕 丕毓鬲氐乇 賵賷毓鬲氐乇 亘賯賱亘 爻賲乇 賵賱丕 丨鬲賶 賰賷賮 丕爻鬲胤丕毓鬲 鬲禺胤賾賷 賰賱 賲丕 丨氐賱!
August 31, 2015
Perhaps the most depressing book I have ever read. The author details her visits to her homeland of Syria since the beginning of the revolution. She shows how the revolution with its aims for a civil society with religious tolerance has been hijacked by religious and ethnic hatreds. She has down this with great physical courage in avoiding the barrel bombs and missiles of Assad's forces and the perils facing a modern women presented by the rise of the Islamic fundamentalists. Many in the west will only consider what is happening in Syria if it fits their own established ideological prism. Syria is far to complicated for that. A book written with such physical and emotional courage needs people to have the courage to read it.
March 24, 2017
very disappointed about this book, I was hoping to understand about the reasons and beginnings of the chaos in Syria and did not get a clue what is going on, the book is as confusing as the situation in Syria. Samar Yazbek has done all those visits to her country to do what, even that is not clear, if her only aim was this book, she could have stated that at least, she mentions some woman and children projects but we don't get to learn about them The only fact that comes out is that she hates Assad even though she is an Alevite herself...I found the book totally misleading.
March 20, 2022
i am so thankful for this book. what it took to write this book was not easy and required much sacrifice. it provides insight into what has/is going on in Syria. many different perspectives and stories. it is divided into three chapters, each about the author鈥檚 crossings back into Syria. exile is discussed in this book often. for whoever reads this and becomes confused in the beginning, please continue and finish this book. it is real and heart breaking.
October 7, 2020
Death, devastation and despair permeate these pages. Having gone into exile after being targeted by the Assad regime, Samar Yazbek returned to Syria multiple times, illegally crossing the border from Turkey, to see for herself what her homeland had become and carry the horrifying and heartbreaking stories of the people she encountered out into the world. Not an easy read, but a powerful one.
September 3, 2018
Samar Yazbek, a Syrian journalist who was forced to leave her country in 2011, returned incognito in 2012 and twice her 2013 to tell the story of the democratic opposition resisting the government of Bashar al-Assad. But Assad's forces were doing all they could to crush the resisters.
This is a story of people forced to move from place to place in an attempt to survive endless bombings. Yazbek spends time in towns where ordinary civilians never know when they might be killed. Planes bomb daily. During Ramadan, they come just after dark, when people are allowed to break their fast.
Most of the people she talks with started out as peaceful protestors, then fought back after Assad started killed them and destroying their communities. She sympathizes with their decision. Some people were still trying to build community organizations in their towns. Yazbek herself was trying to organize women's centers. Often, one-time programs for children were the only substitute for schools that had long since been closed.
She was frequently the only woman among male fighters who were anxious to keep her safe. That wasn't an easy task because she is an Alawite, belonging to the Shiite group that Assad belongs to and has favored. She had to be secret about that, or risk death. Although some Alawites risked their lives to oppose him, many Sunnis hate Alawites because of him. When she went to Syria in 2013, that problem had worsened. Sunni Islamists, many of them from other countries, were trying to take over the revolution and impose their version of Islam.
The democratic rebels had to fight Assad's government on one hand and fundamentalists on the other. The rebels did have to cooperate with homegrown fundamentalists like the Nusra front.
Women who had participated in the struggle on their own and those who had followed their husbands who were fighting deeply resented the fundamentalists, who insisted that they cover themselves though that had not been the custom in much of Syria.
Yazbek is incredibly brave. I was overwhelmed by the many times she risked death so she could report what was happening to the outside world. Then I thought: This is her country. Wouldn't I do the same if it was my country?
She lives in exile in Paris, angry that other countries have either turned their back on what is happening in Syria or taken advantage of it for political gains.
This is an important first-person account by a Syrian. How many accounts of this by Syrians have you read?
This is a story of people forced to move from place to place in an attempt to survive endless bombings. Yazbek spends time in towns where ordinary civilians never know when they might be killed. Planes bomb daily. During Ramadan, they come just after dark, when people are allowed to break their fast.
Most of the people she talks with started out as peaceful protestors, then fought back after Assad started killed them and destroying their communities. She sympathizes with their decision. Some people were still trying to build community organizations in their towns. Yazbek herself was trying to organize women's centers. Often, one-time programs for children were the only substitute for schools that had long since been closed.
She was frequently the only woman among male fighters who were anxious to keep her safe. That wasn't an easy task because she is an Alawite, belonging to the Shiite group that Assad belongs to and has favored. She had to be secret about that, or risk death. Although some Alawites risked their lives to oppose him, many Sunnis hate Alawites because of him. When she went to Syria in 2013, that problem had worsened. Sunni Islamists, many of them from other countries, were trying to take over the revolution and impose their version of Islam.
The democratic rebels had to fight Assad's government on one hand and fundamentalists on the other. The rebels did have to cooperate with homegrown fundamentalists like the Nusra front.
Women who had participated in the struggle on their own and those who had followed their husbands who were fighting deeply resented the fundamentalists, who insisted that they cover themselves though that had not been the custom in much of Syria.
Yazbek is incredibly brave. I was overwhelmed by the many times she risked death so she could report what was happening to the outside world. Then I thought: This is her country. Wouldn't I do the same if it was my country?
She lives in exile in Paris, angry that other countries have either turned their back on what is happening in Syria or taken advantage of it for political gains.
This is an important first-person account by a Syrian. How many accounts of this by Syrians have you read?
July 19, 2017
Das ist die vielleicht schwierigste Rezension die ich je geschrieben habe 鈥� und normalerweise schreibe ich diese Dinger nur zum Spa脽!
Wie rezensierst du ein Buch wie dieses? Es ist ein noch immer andauernder Konflikt der Millionen von Menschen vertrieben, get枚tet oder verst眉mmelt hat. Ein Konflikt der gute Chancen hat sich noch 眉ber Jahrzehnte hinweg zu ziehen. Die Autorin ist selbst Syrerin und musste zu Beginn der Revolution fliehen. Wie rezensierst und kritisierst du ein Buch wie dieses ohne den Eindruck zu vermitteln, das Thema und das Leid nicht ernst zu nehmen? Ich wei脽 es nicht, aber ich will es im Folgenden versuchen.
Im Sinne v枚lliger Offenheit. Ich war w盲hrend der ersten beiden Monate der Revolution in Syrien. Nein, es war nicht Absicht. Ich war dort in dem Versuch meine nicht existenten Arabischkenntnisse auf ein 鈥歬aum existierend鈥� zu heben. Mein Wissen 眉ber das Land und die Menschen ist also ein bisschen tiefer und pers枚nlicher als das des normalen Zeitungslesers. Ich habe au脽erdem Politik mit einem Schwerpunkt auf den Nahen Osten studiert, was sp盲tere Kritikpunkte vielleicht erkl盲ren wird.
Dieses Buch ist mit Abstand am st盲rksten, wenn die Autorin andere sprechen l盲sst. Die Interviews die sie nicht nur mit Zivilisten und Aktivisten sondern auch mit K盲mpfern aus den verschiedenen Bataillonen waren faszinieren, interessant und schockierend. Mehr als einmal musste ich mit den Tr盲nen k盲mpfen und h盲tte das Buch vor Verzweiflung fast an die Wand geworfen. Auch die Beschreibung der unglaublichen Zerst枚rung und Armut war zutiefst eindrucksvoll. Von all dem h盲tte ich gerne mehr gelesen.
Die Stelle an der das Buch f眉r mich versagt hat war der Rahmen f眉r diese Interviews und Schicksale. Die gesamte Struktur des Buches hat nicht dazu gepasst. Wie oder warum hat die Autorin ausgerechnet diese D枚rfer gew盲hlt? Wie hat sie zum ersten Mal Kontakt zu diesen Menschen bekommen? Was f眉r Frauenprojekte wollte sie ins Leben rufen? Wer stand dahinter? Wie wurde das alles finanziert? Das sind nur einige Fragen, die mir konstant durch den Kopf gingen auf die ich jedoch keine Antwort bekam. Stattdessen war dieses Buch eine eigent眉mliche Mischung aus Tagebuch, Autobiographie, Interviewsammlung, politischem Kommentar und selbst einige poetische Einfl眉sse sind zu sehen.
Ich kann nicht nachvollziehen an wen dieses Buch gerichtet sein soll. Einerseits erw盲hnt die Autorin gegen眉ber den Interviewten immer wieder, dass sie ein Buch schreiben will, um die Geschichten der Syrer in die Welt zu bringen, aber ein Gro脽teil des Buches besch盲ftigt sich mit ihr selbst und ihrer Reaktion auf das was mit ihrem Land passiert (dabei scheint sie Streckenweise extrem unreflektiert in welche Gefahr sie nicht nur sich selbst sondern vor allem die Menschen die ihr helfen bringt). Ihre gelegentlichen Ausschweife in literarisches Schreiben voller Metaphern und Symbole, k枚nnte einen spannenden Kontrast darstellen f眉r die Trostlosigkeit des realen Lebens in Syrien und f眉r viele mag das funktionieren, mich hat es dagegen aus dem Lesefluss gerissen. Sie gibt au脽erdem kaum Erkl盲rungen f眉r irgendetwas. Das l盲sst mich vermuten, dass jemand der weniger Wissen 眉ber Land, Kultur und den Konflikt selbst besitzt als ich, vieles nicht einordnen kann. Letztlich frage ich mich, ob die Autorin das Buch nicht vor allem f眉r sich selbst geschrieben hat und zur pers枚nlichen Aufarbeitung des Erlebten. Das w盲re ein v枚llig legitimer Grund, aber es ist nicht der den sie selbst immer wieder anf眉hrt.
Ich kann dieses Buch guten Gewissens nur an Leute weiter empfehlen die ein tieferes Wissen und Verst盲ndnis der Region haben. F眉r alle anderen fehlen meiner Meinung nach zu viele Erkl盲rungen und eine systematische Einordnung der verschiedenen Akteure um wirklich das Chaos und die Verzweiflung der Leute vor Ort verstehen zu k枚nnen (soweit dies 眉berhaupt m枚glich ist f眉r jemanden der niemals unter solchen Umst盲nden leben musste).
Wie rezensierst du ein Buch wie dieses? Es ist ein noch immer andauernder Konflikt der Millionen von Menschen vertrieben, get枚tet oder verst眉mmelt hat. Ein Konflikt der gute Chancen hat sich noch 眉ber Jahrzehnte hinweg zu ziehen. Die Autorin ist selbst Syrerin und musste zu Beginn der Revolution fliehen. Wie rezensierst und kritisierst du ein Buch wie dieses ohne den Eindruck zu vermitteln, das Thema und das Leid nicht ernst zu nehmen? Ich wei脽 es nicht, aber ich will es im Folgenden versuchen.
Im Sinne v枚lliger Offenheit. Ich war w盲hrend der ersten beiden Monate der Revolution in Syrien. Nein, es war nicht Absicht. Ich war dort in dem Versuch meine nicht existenten Arabischkenntnisse auf ein 鈥歬aum existierend鈥� zu heben. Mein Wissen 眉ber das Land und die Menschen ist also ein bisschen tiefer und pers枚nlicher als das des normalen Zeitungslesers. Ich habe au脽erdem Politik mit einem Schwerpunkt auf den Nahen Osten studiert, was sp盲tere Kritikpunkte vielleicht erkl盲ren wird.
Dieses Buch ist mit Abstand am st盲rksten, wenn die Autorin andere sprechen l盲sst. Die Interviews die sie nicht nur mit Zivilisten und Aktivisten sondern auch mit K盲mpfern aus den verschiedenen Bataillonen waren faszinieren, interessant und schockierend. Mehr als einmal musste ich mit den Tr盲nen k盲mpfen und h盲tte das Buch vor Verzweiflung fast an die Wand geworfen. Auch die Beschreibung der unglaublichen Zerst枚rung und Armut war zutiefst eindrucksvoll. Von all dem h盲tte ich gerne mehr gelesen.
Die Stelle an der das Buch f眉r mich versagt hat war der Rahmen f眉r diese Interviews und Schicksale. Die gesamte Struktur des Buches hat nicht dazu gepasst. Wie oder warum hat die Autorin ausgerechnet diese D枚rfer gew盲hlt? Wie hat sie zum ersten Mal Kontakt zu diesen Menschen bekommen? Was f眉r Frauenprojekte wollte sie ins Leben rufen? Wer stand dahinter? Wie wurde das alles finanziert? Das sind nur einige Fragen, die mir konstant durch den Kopf gingen auf die ich jedoch keine Antwort bekam. Stattdessen war dieses Buch eine eigent眉mliche Mischung aus Tagebuch, Autobiographie, Interviewsammlung, politischem Kommentar und selbst einige poetische Einfl眉sse sind zu sehen.
Ich kann nicht nachvollziehen an wen dieses Buch gerichtet sein soll. Einerseits erw盲hnt die Autorin gegen眉ber den Interviewten immer wieder, dass sie ein Buch schreiben will, um die Geschichten der Syrer in die Welt zu bringen, aber ein Gro脽teil des Buches besch盲ftigt sich mit ihr selbst und ihrer Reaktion auf das was mit ihrem Land passiert (dabei scheint sie Streckenweise extrem unreflektiert in welche Gefahr sie nicht nur sich selbst sondern vor allem die Menschen die ihr helfen bringt). Ihre gelegentlichen Ausschweife in literarisches Schreiben voller Metaphern und Symbole, k枚nnte einen spannenden Kontrast darstellen f眉r die Trostlosigkeit des realen Lebens in Syrien und f眉r viele mag das funktionieren, mich hat es dagegen aus dem Lesefluss gerissen. Sie gibt au脽erdem kaum Erkl盲rungen f眉r irgendetwas. Das l盲sst mich vermuten, dass jemand der weniger Wissen 眉ber Land, Kultur und den Konflikt selbst besitzt als ich, vieles nicht einordnen kann. Letztlich frage ich mich, ob die Autorin das Buch nicht vor allem f眉r sich selbst geschrieben hat und zur pers枚nlichen Aufarbeitung des Erlebten. Das w盲re ein v枚llig legitimer Grund, aber es ist nicht der den sie selbst immer wieder anf眉hrt.
Ich kann dieses Buch guten Gewissens nur an Leute weiter empfehlen die ein tieferes Wissen und Verst盲ndnis der Region haben. F眉r alle anderen fehlen meiner Meinung nach zu viele Erkl盲rungen und eine systematische Einordnung der verschiedenen Akteure um wirklich das Chaos und die Verzweiflung der Leute vor Ort verstehen zu k枚nnen (soweit dies 眉berhaupt m枚glich ist f眉r jemanden der niemals unter solchen Umst盲nden leben musste).
April 19, 2016
I struggled to finish the book.. first, because it was so depressing and heavy .. she said nothing I didn't know .. but it was still heavy and overwhelming to read her insights. Samar conveyed the image exactly as it is.. which was horrible .. seems like reality is so brutal to be described transparently !!
Well, after finishing the book, I think I understand why is the book getting more popular in the west than the arab world, or even among syrians themselves.
To be honest, and I don't know how subjective I am here .. It felt like Samar didn't feel so syrian in her trips .. probably never. I wouldn't expect a very different book if it was written by a french author for example . It felt like she was desperately trying to look for something in common between her and the peoply in Syria .. and in some occassions, I felt like she was trying so hard to hide her feeling of superiority among those people.
Sometimes, I felt like she wrote this book for the west, not for arabs or syrians .. maybe thats why she was so happy to see people who smell good and have blue eyes ?!
However, I do understand it maybe .. there is huge gaps between the social classes in Syria .. ( I myself didn't know that untill the revolution started)
I do recommend this book for people who want to know what is going on in Syria .. because I think - fact wise - she maintained a good level of subjectivity. which seems so hard these days !
Not recommended for syrians or peoply who have good background about the situation.
Well, after finishing the book, I think I understand why is the book getting more popular in the west than the arab world, or even among syrians themselves.
To be honest, and I don't know how subjective I am here .. It felt like Samar didn't feel so syrian in her trips .. probably never. I wouldn't expect a very different book if it was written by a french author for example . It felt like she was desperately trying to look for something in common between her and the peoply in Syria .. and in some occassions, I felt like she was trying so hard to hide her feeling of superiority among those people.
Sometimes, I felt like she wrote this book for the west, not for arabs or syrians .. maybe thats why she was so happy to see people who smell good and have blue eyes ?!
However, I do understand it maybe .. there is huge gaps between the social classes in Syria .. ( I myself didn't know that untill the revolution started)
I do recommend this book for people who want to know what is going on in Syria .. because I think - fact wise - she maintained a good level of subjectivity. which seems so hard these days !
Not recommended for syrians or peoply who have good background about the situation.
November 19, 2016
This was an emotional read that covers the point where things went from bad to worse for Syria.
The author crossed into Syria (her homeland) three times during 2012 and 2013 to help implement some programs in support of women and to report on what was going on.
In the first visit, the Assad regime was continuing it's mindless, spineless and senseless aerial bombing of those areas in Northern Syria where the rebels have taken control. The civilians live to suffer or to escape into Turkey. The rebels make slow progress on the ground but have no aerial support.
12 months later, the Assad regime continues it's mindless, spineless and senseless aerial bombing. The rebels are losing support and Islamic extremist groups including ISIS are now present and taking control of many areas. Their dream of an Islamic Caliphate is starting to come together.
In her three visits, Yazbek is able to summarise the destruction of people, the shift of a rebellion for a country with civil liberties and respect of the individual to a war between Islamic sects. It is a sorry story of what happens when the world allows events to spiral out of control.
The author crossed into Syria (her homeland) three times during 2012 and 2013 to help implement some programs in support of women and to report on what was going on.
In the first visit, the Assad regime was continuing it's mindless, spineless and senseless aerial bombing of those areas in Northern Syria where the rebels have taken control. The civilians live to suffer or to escape into Turkey. The rebels make slow progress on the ground but have no aerial support.
12 months later, the Assad regime continues it's mindless, spineless and senseless aerial bombing. The rebels are losing support and Islamic extremist groups including ISIS are now present and taking control of many areas. Their dream of an Islamic Caliphate is starting to come together.
In her three visits, Yazbek is able to summarise the destruction of people, the shift of a rebellion for a country with civil liberties and respect of the individual to a war between Islamic sects. It is a sorry story of what happens when the world allows events to spiral out of control.
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