02257cam a2200301 4500 553007040 TxAuBib 20160524120000.0 160429|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780500343173 hbk 0500343179 hbk (OCoLC)948239501 AU@ eng AU@ rda OCLCO MR0 ON8 CLE TxAuBib Al-Sabouni, Marwa. The battle for home : the vision of a young architect in Syria / Marwa Al-Sabouni ; foreword by Roger Scruton. 183 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references. The Battle For Freedom -- The Battle Of Old Homs -- The Battle Of Mortar -- the Battle Of Baba Amr -- The Battle For A Home -- The Battle For Continuity. Drawing on the author's personal experience of living and working as an architect in Syria, this book offers an eyewitness perspective on the country's bitter conflict through the lens of architecture, showing how the built environment offers a mirror to the community that inhabits it. From Syria's tolerant past, with churches and mosques built alongside one another in Old Homs and members of different religions living harmoniously together, the book chronicles the recent breakdown of social cohesion in Syria's cities, with the lack of shared public spaces intensifying divisions within the community and corrupt officials interfering in town planning for their own gain, actions symptomatic of wider abuses of power. With first-hand accounts of mortar attacks and stories of refugees struggling to find a home, this compelling and original book explores the personal impact of the conflict and offers hope for how architecture can play a role in rebuilding a sense of identity within a damaged society. 20160524. Al-Sabouni, Marwa. Women architects Syria Biography. Syria Social conditions 20th century. Syria Politics and government 21st century. Syria History Civil War, 2011- Social aspects. Autobiographies. lcgft Scruton, Roger, author of foreword.