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The Pigeon Wars of Damascus

The Pigeon Wars of Damascus

Author(s): Marius Kociejowski

Location(s): Damascus, Syria

Genre(s): Travelogue

Era(s): 2000s

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A metaphysical journalist in search of echoes rather than analogies, hints as opposed to verities, Kociejowski discovers once again at the periphery of Damascene society–for the outcast is often made of the very thing that rejects him–a way to understand the challenges and changes refashioning post-9/11 Syria and the Middle East, reminding us once again of the deeper purpose of travel: to absorb and understand the spirit of a place, and to return changed.

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AN eclectic mix of experience gives a vivid overview of the changing nature of life in Syria in the 2000s, although things have moved on drastically since this book was published – Lericka M...

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