The Merchant of Syria
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84904-940-5 (ISBN)
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The Merchant of Syria tells the life of Abu Chaker, a cloth merchant from Homs who lived from 1921 to 2013. Barely literate, he nevertheless built up a commercial empire based on trust, then lost everything twice through political instability and war, before coming to northern England as an economic migrant. The climax of this devout Sunni Muslim’s tumultuous life was to buy and save a Yorkshire wool mill, which still serves as the headquarters of the textile manufacturing company he turned into a global brand. Standing on Little Horton Lane in Bradford, Briggella Mill continues to manufacture the finest quality English cloth. Its looms clatter on.
Drawing on interviews conducted in Syria, Lebanon and Britain, Abu Chaker’s story exemplifies many of today’s pressing global issues – poverty, Islamic values (he gave away a great deal to charity, albeit discreetly), religious co-existence, refugees, displacement, multiculturalism, political unrest and terrorism.
One strand of the book offers the reader the vital backdrop against which his life was lived, while the other focusses on Abu Chaker himself. Diana Darke’s final chapter weaves these strands together, seeking answers to a vital question: how, after seven years of war, in which half of its population has been displaced and the currency lost ninety per cent of its value, can Syria survive?
Diana Darke is an Arabic translator and cultural specialist who has lived and worked in the Middle East for over thirty years. She is the author of My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis (Haus, 2016). Her links to Syria are deep and ongoing.
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Mercantile Tradition
Chapter 2 An Ottoman Inheritance
Chapter 3 The Patriarchal Society
Chapter 4 Childhood and Patriarchal Privilege
Chapter 5 The French Mandate and the Great Syrian Revolt
Chapter 6 Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage
Chapter 7 Syrian Independence and the Rise of the Ba’ath Party
Chapter 8 Early Business Ventures Thwarted by Politics
Chapter 9 The Lebanon Effect
Chapter 10 Expansion into Lebanon
Chapter 11 The Commercial Climate under Hafez al-Assad
Chapter 12 An Economic Migrant comes to Bradford
Chapter 13 Bashar al-Assad and the Beginnings of Economic Liberalisation
Chapter 14 Life in London as a Syrian Millionaire
Chapter 15 The Syrian Revolution and the War Economy
Chapter 16 Return to Homs and Final Displacement
Chapter 17 The Merchant Legacy and the Future of Syria
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.05.2018 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Technik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84904-940-8 / 1849049408 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84904-940-5 / 9781849049405 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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