Using exclusively syrians own words, the book is a mosaic of stories and reflections that seeks to express the human dimension of the syrian uprising, war, and refugee experience. The home that was our country a memoir of syria by alia malek illustrated. Voices from syria, violence, nonviolence, and the palestinian national movement, occupied voices. Mar 21, 2018 in this event, wendy pearlman launches her book, we crossed a bridge and it trembled. Pearlmans dedication to visit the syrians in many different locations gives the reader a small window into what has been happening for years. Wendy pearlman is the martin and patricia koldyke outstanding teaching associate professor of political science at northwestern university, where she specializes in. Nov 19, 2019 wendy pearlman is a professor of middle east politics at northwestern university and author of the new book we crossed a bridge and it trembled. The book is based on interviews that she conducted with hundreds of syrian refugees on multiple continents since 2012. We crossed a bridge and it trembled voices from syria. Chicago turabian humanities citation style guide wendy pearlman, we crossed a bridge and it trembled. Wendy pearlman has conducted openended interviews with more than 400 displaced syrians across the middle east and europe from 20122017. We crossed a bridge and it trembled wendy pearlman paperback.
She has brought together these personal stories in the acclaimed new book we crossed a bridge and it trembled. Voices from syria from labyrinth books online or 122 nassau street, princeton nj. Voices from syria provide eye witnesses accounts, an essential component to the nearly eightyear long conflict we crossed is a modernday thousand and one nights with stories within stories, far more strange and sinister than any one. Voices from syria, aims to convey that understanding. Based on interviews with hundreds of displaced syrians conducted over four years across the middle east and europe, we crossed a bridge and it trembled is a mosaic of firsthand testimonials from the frontlines. Here the story is told entirely through the mouths of wendy pearlmans syrian interviewees, hundreds of them, from all social backgrounds. She is the author of four books, we crossed a bridge and it trembled. This collection of hundreds of excerpts from interviews of refugees who have fled the violence that has gripped syria since 2011 makes for sickening, although unsurprising, reading. Based on interviews with hundreds of syrians conducted over four years across the middle east, europe, and the united states, it chronicles the war from its origins to its present horror, solely through the words of ordinary people transformed by its unfolding. Emily gottreich, moroccan jews and the ornaments of. Voices from syria unabridged by pearlman, wendy isbn.
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Longlisted for the carnegie medal reminiscent of the work of nobel prize winner svetlana alexievich, an astonishing collection of intimate wartime testimonies and poetic fragments from a crosssection of syrians whose lives have been transformed by revolution, war, and flight. Based on interviews with hundreds of displaced syrians conducted over four years across the middle east and europe, we crossed a bridge and it trembled is a breathtaking mosaic of firsthand testimonials from the frontlines. Pearlman violence, nonviolence, and the palestinian national movement, a northwestern university professor of political science specializing in the middle east. Sylvia khoury and tyne rafaeli make global trauma personal. In we crossed a bridge, syrians describe horrors, hope.
Voices from syria custom house, 2017 is based on interviews that she has conducted from 2012 to the present with more than 400 displaced syrians in jordan, turkey, lebanon, the united arab emirates, denmark, sweden, germany, and the united states. Wendy pearlman is the martin and patricia koldyke outstanding teaching associate professor of political science at northwestern university, where she specializes in the middle east. Jan 25, 2018 she is the author of three books, we crossed a bridge and it trembled. The paperback of the we crossed a bridge and it trembled. Voices from syria harpercollins 2017, violence, nonviolence, and the palestinian national movement cambridge university press, 2011 and occupied voices. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Professor wendy pearlman of northwestern university will give a public lecture based on her acclaimed new book, we crossed a bridge and it trembled. Against the backdrop of the wave of demonstrations known as the arab spring, in 2011 hundreds of thousands of syrians. The accounts are the result of years of interviews done by dr. Wendy pearlman, a middle eastern politics professor at northwestern university. She is the author of three books, we crossed a bridge and it trembled. Both accounts form part of a new book by wendy pearlman we crossed a bridge and it trembled. We crossed a bridge and it trembled is a breathtaking mosaic of firsthand testimonials from the frontlines.
Jul 19, 2017 the home that was our country a memoir of syria by alia malek illustrated. Voices from syria provide eye witnesses accounts, an essential component to the nearly eightyear long conflict. Here the story is told entirely through the mouths of wendy pearlmans syrian interviewees, hundreds of. Voices from syria kindle edition by wendy pearlman. She is the author of four books, most recently, we crossed a bridge and it trembled.
Voices from syria, by wendy pearlman custom house 2017 the story of this centurys greatest popular uprising, in 2011 against the syrian regime of bashar alassad, is told in this exceptional book by people who participated. It isnt easy to write a book about ordinary people. Instead, pearlman shapes her subjects narratives, winnowing interviews down to stirring illustrations of human adaptationpearlmans oral historieswill remain essential reading in the emerging body of literary reportage from syria in englishwhat makes we crossed a bridge and it trembled particularly necessary is the insistence on. Wendy has conducted research in spain, germany, lebanon, jordon, turkey, israel, and the west bank and gaza strip.
Some lines threaten to haunt the reader long after the book is set. Jan 20, 2018 wendy pearlmans we crossed a bridge and it trembled. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Voices from syria by wendy pearlman 2017, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Based on interviews with hundreds of syrians conducted over four years across the middle east, europe, and. Voices from syria is a moving collection of personal accounts from syrians covering the time before the conflict with bashar alassad to now.
Wendy pearlman is associate professor of political science at northwestern university, where she specializes in middle east politics. Wendy pearlman, a middle eastern politics professor at northwest. She says, the people with whom i spoke dont represent all of syrias complex religiouspolitical landscape, or. Chicago turabian author date citation style guide wendy pearlman. Some of the testimonies are eloquent narratives that could stand alone. Stories of everyday life from the second intifada, and triadic coercion. Wendy pearlman has conducted openended interviews with more than 300 displaced syrians across the middle east and europe from 2012 to 2017. Some of the testimonies are eloquent narratives that could stand alone as short stories. Wendy pearlman, erin bennett, assaf cohen, susan nezami. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read we crossed a bridge and it trembled. Stories of everyday life from the second intifada nation books, 2003, as well as dozens of essays, academic articles. They also referenced the books the morning they came for us.
Based on interviews with hundreds of syrians conducted over four years across the middle east, europe, and the united states, we crossed a bridge and it trembled. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading we crossed a bridge and it trembled. Pearlman has conducted openended interviews with more than 300 displaced syrians across the middle east and europe from 2012 to 2017. Voices from syria, which chronicles the experiences of syrians in their own words as they take us through syrian politics over the last 40 years but with special focus on the last seven years. Voices from syria is a timely reminder of the immense personal cost that syrians have paid for daring to revolt against the regime of bashar. Based on interviews with hundreds of displaced syrians conducted over four years across the middle east and europe, we crossed a bridge and it trembled is a breathtaking mosaic of firsthand testimonials from the front lines. We crossed a bridge and it trembled is an astonishing collection of intimate testimonies and poetic fragments that chronicle the conflict from its origins to its present horror, solely through the words of ordinary people transformed by its unfolding. We crossed a bridge and it trembled we got the numbers. We crossed a bridge and it trembled quotes by wendy pearlman.
Wendy pearlman an awardwinning professor of middle east politics who is fluent in arabic and interviewed hundreds of syrian refugees weaves together these stories in a beautifully constructed narrative that is both unforgettable. In this talk, pearlman will share a selection of voices. She has brought together these personal stories in the acclaimed new book, we crossed a bridge and it trembled. Oct 25, 2018 wendy pearlman, associate professor, department of political science, northwestern university october 1, 2018 unm main campus. Voices from syria harper collins, 2017, as well as dozens of articles, essays and book chapters. Wendy pearlman is a professor of middle east politics at northwestern university and author of the new book we crossed a bridge and it trembled.
Some of the testimonies are several pages long, eloquent narratives that could stand alone as short stories. Nov 21, 2019 wendys third book, we crossed a bridge and it trembled. Aug 12, 2017 we crossed a bridge and it trembled bucks the trend. Feb 20, 2018 professor wendy pearlman of northwestern university will give a public lecture based on her acclaimed new book, we crossed a bridge and it trembled. We crossed a bridge and it trembled is a masterpiece moving, thoughtful, and historically rich. Dispatches from syria, we crossed a bridge and it trembled. Wendy pearlmans we crossed a bridge and it trembled. We crossed a bridge and it trembled wendy pearlman. Wendy pearlmans collection of testimonies is a timely reminder of the immense personal cost that syrians have had to pay. We crossed a bridge and it trembled bucks the trend.
It isnt easy to make their voices heard, no matter what and when people who write such books and give us a chance to read it, it means a lot, to me. It is definitely about the content, but it is also about rights human rights that get violated and stories of ordinary syrians that go unheard, which pearlman has it isnt easy to write a book about ordinary people. We crossed a bridge and it trembled finally gave us a personal insight to what extremes these people, young and old have endured. Wendy pearlmans remarkable collection of testimonies from syrian refugees.
Two testimonials shed light on syrian life and death the. A book of testimonials, it chronicles the origins and evolution of the syrian uprising, war, and refugee crisis exclusively through the words of syrians who have themselves lived. Voices from syria harpercollins, june 2017 uses these interviews to chronicle the origins and evolution of the syrian war solely through the words of ordinary people who have lived it its unfolding. Voices from syria by wendy pearlman is one such book which has impacted me a lot this year. Voices from syria chronicles the war from its origins to its present horror, solely through the words of ordinary people transformed by its unfolding. Wendy pearlman, a professor at northwestern university, specializing in middle east politics, has collected the voices of syrian rebels, activists, ordinary people, and refugees in we crossed a bridge and it trembled 2017. Based on interviews with hundreds of displaced syrians conducted over four years across the middle east and europe, the book features a collection of intimate wartime testimonies from a crosssection of syrians whose lives have been transformed by revolution, war, and flight. Mar 01, 2019 perhaps thats why syrias revolution and war have been so badly misunderstood in the west variously as a usled regimechange plot, or an ancient sunnishia conflict, or a struggle between secularism and jihadism. Voices from syria, by wendy pearlman some lines threaten to haunt the reader long after the book is set down. Mar 25, 2019 based on interviews with hundreds of syrians conducted over four years across the middle east, europe, and the united states, we crossed a bridge and it trembled.
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