AL-JAZEERA: Zakaria Tamer: "On the side of the Syrian people"

  • Alessandro Columbu

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Description

With its rows of identical cottages, country houses and immaculately trimmed lawns, the Oxford countryside is quintessentially English. Syrian writer Zakaria Tamer and his wife Nadia may have spent more than two decades here, but upon entering their house one is catapulted into the heart of Damascus.

Period31 Aug 2017

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  • TitleZakaria Tamer: "On the side of the Syrian people"
    Media name/outletAl-Jazeera
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date31/08/17
    DescriptionWith its rows of identical cottages, country houses and immaculately trimmed lawns, the Oxford countryside is quintessentially English. Syrian writer Zakaria Tamer and his wife Nadia may have spent more than two decades here, but upon entering their house one is catapulted into the heart of Damascus.
    URLwww.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/08/zakaria-tamer-side-syrian-people-170822130848510.html
    PersonsAlessandro Columbu

Keywords

  • Syria
  • literature
  • Zakaria Tamer