Opening book details…
Can I read A House in Damascus - Before the Fall on EtoBox?
A House in Damascus - Before the Fall by Brian Stoddart is a travel available to read on EtoBox.
What is A House in Damascus - Before the Fall about?
As Syria confronts an uncertain future, A House in Damascus seeks to balance the Western view with the lives and views of the everyday people living in the world’s oldest continuing capital city Drawn from the author's experiences occurring immediately before the 2011-2012 social and political upheaval, each story traces the Old City of Damascus and its people's present through the past, capturing the universal human element often missing from the strategic and political accounts. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Brian Stoddart is an Emeritus Professor of La Trobe University in Melbourne. Trained as a social historian, he now works as an international higher education reform consultant in countries such as Lao PDR, Cambodia, Jordan and Syria. www.professorbrianstoddart.com
Who reads A House in Damascus - Before the Fall?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Brian Stoddart
- Publisher
- ePublishing Works!
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781614173564
- Category
- travel
- Subjects
- Travel, Lifestyle
- Rating
- 3.8 / 5 (13 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
More by Brian Stoddart
Browse all works by Brian Stoddart
Similar books
- An Occasion for War : Civil Conflict in Lebanon and Damascus in 1860 — Leila Tarazi Fawaz (1995)
- Damascus Diaries : Life Under the Assads — Peter Clark; Andrew Green (2015)
- Preserving the Old City of Damascus (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East) — Faedah M. Totah (2014)
- The Damascus Affair : "ritual Murder," Politics, and the Jews in 1840 — Frankel, Jonathan; Mazal Holocaust Collection (1997)
- The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus : Art, Faith and Empire in Early Islam — Alain Fouad George; Melanie Gibson (2021)
- A New Old Damascus: Authenticity And Distinction In Urban Syria (Indiana Series in Middle East Studies) — Christa Salamandra (2004)