{"title":"Samar Yazbek","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSamar Yazbek\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a powerful blend of memoir and fiction that delves deep into personal and political turbulence. Her works, often framed by the backdrop of conflict and displacement, invite readers to explore intimate stories shaped by resilience and upheaval.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough evocative narratives like \u003cem\u003eA Woman in the Crossfire\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWhere the Wind Calls Home\u003c\/em\u003e, Yazbek captures the complexities of identity and survival, crafting prose that is both tender and unflinching. Her writing moves effortlessly between the personal and the historical, illuminating the human experience within broader social landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-woman-in-the-crossfire-by-samar-yazbek-9781908323125","title":"A Woman in the Crossfire","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA well-known novelist and journalist from the coastal city of Jableh, Samar Yazbek witnessed the beginning four months of the uprising first-hand and actively participated in a variety of public actions and budding social movements. Throughout this period, she kept a diary of personal reflections on, and observations of, this historic time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBecause of the outspoken views she published in print and online, Yazbek quickly attracted the attention and fury of the regime. Vicious rumours started to spread about her disloyalty to the homeland and the Alawite community to which she belongs. The lyrical narrative describes her struggle to protect herself and her young daughter, even as her activism propels her into a horrifying labyrinth of insecurity. She is forced into living on the run, detained multiple times, excluded from the Alawite community, and renounced by her family, her hometown, and even her childhood friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith rare empathy and journalistic prowess, Samar Yazbek compiled oral testimonies from ordinary Syrians all over the country. Filled with snapshots of exhilarating hope and horrifying atrocities, she offers us a wholly unique perspective on the Syrian uprising. Hers is a modest yet powerful testament to the strength and commitment of countless unnamed Syrians who have united to fight for their freedom. These diaries will inspire all those who read them and challenge the world to look anew at the trials and tribulations of the Syrian uprising.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Woman in the Crossfire\u003c\/i\u003e will inspire all those interested in personal stories of resilience amidst conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855717224684,"sku":"9781908323125","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/cc0660b589d613ca1534e42d921b8e17.jpg?v=1759284905"},{"product_id":"planet-of-clay-by-samar-yazbek-9781642861013","title":"Planet of Clay","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRima, a young girl from Damascus, longs to walk, to be free to follow the will of her feet, but instead is perpetually constrained. Rima finds refuge in a fantasy world full of coloured crayons, secret planets, and \u003ci\u003eThe Little Prince\u003c\/i\u003e, reciting passages of the Qur'an like a mantra as everything and everyone around her is blown to bits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSince Rima hardly ever speaks, people think she's crazy, but she is no fool - the madness is in the battered city around her. One day while taking a bus through Damascus, a soldier opens fire and her mother is killed. Rima, wounded, is taken to a military hospital before her brother leads her to the besieged area of Ghouta - where, between bombings, she writes her story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePlanet of Clay\u003c\/i\u003e, Samar Yazbek offers a surreal depiction of the horrors taking place in Syria, in vivid and poetic language and with a sharp eye for detail and beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brave, rebellious and passionate ... Yazbek is no ordinary Syrian dissident.'\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The Syrian writer Samar Yazbek evokes the horror of civil war with gripping lucidity.'\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487453298924,"sku":"9781642861013","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/f41f9abfe6ea725584b8d65c524d418f.jpg?v=1775776598"},{"product_id":"where-the-wind-calls-home-by-samar-yazbek-9781642861358","title":"Where the Wind Calls Home","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe potent latest from Yazbek (\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlanet of Clay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e) weighs the consequences of the Syrian civil war after a 19-year-old soldier, Ali, survives his patrol station's 2013 bombing in the Lattakia mountains. This slim novel packs a punch.\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this new novel by Syria's most prominent writer of the National Book Award Finalist \u003cem\u003ePlanet of Clay\u003c\/em\u003e, a wounded nineteen-year-old soldier in the Syrian Army remembers his life lived in the traditional Alawite way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAli, a nineteen-year-old soldier in the Syrian army, lies on the ground beneath a tree. He sees a body being lowered into a hole - is this his funeral? There was that sudden explosion, wasn't there... While trying to understand the extent of the damage, Ali works his way closer to the tree. His ultimate desire is to fly up to one of its branches, to safety.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough rich vignettes of Ali's memories, we uncover the hardships of his traditional Syrian Alawite village, but also the richness and beauty of its cultural and religious heritage. Yazbek here explores the secrets of the Alawite faith and its relationship to nature and the elements in a tight poetic novel dense with life and hope and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487765577964,"sku":"9781642861358","price":51.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/e789481ca17fded06fc120b5e5638563.jpg?v=1775769031"},{"product_id":"your-presence-is-a-danger-to-your-life-by-samar-yazbek-9781804272411","title":"Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout 2024, Samar Yazbek met with hundreds of survivors from Gaza, asking each one of them about their experience of October 7, 2023, and what their life has been like since that pivotal date. 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