Wajdy Mustafa
ebook | Pages: 289 pages Rating: 3.88 | 57 Users | 7 Reviews
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Levant Fever is a memoir from the political underground darkness of Assad’s Syria. Seen through the eyes of a boy growing into a man, in the middle of feverish historic events. Not widely understood, or told before in the West but at the roots of the current conflicts. The narrative grips the reader with its honesty, brutality and beauty. The author describes his own journey, reflections and life stories told to him whilst he was held without trial for 14 years, as a political prisoner in several prisons. These included Palmyra, noted by Amnesty International as one of the most oppressive prisons in the world.The work is an enthralling and informative mosaic reflecting the colours, sects, religions, politics, legends and geography of the Levant. The journey spans the areas deserts, coastline, mountains and forests. It speaks of family, friendship, love, hope, fear, torture, hiding and escaping. A truly human tale of a life well lived, a life of conscience, courage and endurance and ultimately one of triumph of the human spirit.
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| Title | : | Levant Fever: True Stories from Syria's Underground |
| Author | : | Wajdy Mustafa |
| Book Format | : | ebook |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 289 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 2015 by JusPax |
| Categories | : | Biography. Autobiography. Memoir. Cultural. Lebanon. Politics |
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Ratings: 3.88 From 57 Users | 7 ReviewsComment On Out Of Books Levant Fever: True Stories from Syria's Underground
Levant Fever: An intense and touching book.This fascinating book written by Wajdy Mustafa is about real experiences the author had to live and a must-read to anyone who is following the conflict.I chose this book because I wanted to understand a little bit more about this conflictive country seen and explained by someone in his own skin, it is an impressive book.It was very touching to read it and Im still in shock.I totally agree with other readers, this could be a perfect movie script, veryThere couldn't be a more timely...or controversial...book. Terms or phrases that have sadly become part of the world's vocabulary in a negative and frightening way - Shiites, Muslim Brotherhood (precursor to Islamic extremists) and Allah-o-Akbar - are all presented as part of the daily life of the author. He spent a great deal of his life in and out of prison for the "crime" of associating with the wrong people or speaking out against the atrocities around him.It's not an easy read, with graphic
I'm sorry for this author's trials...just had a hard time getting through the odd sentence structures and misspellings. I'm so glad he survived all the torment and mistreatment for all those lost years in prison.
From time to time one hears the USA has more people incarcerated than any other country in the world. May be so or maybe not, does anyone really know how many are in prisons in other countries? One also hears from time to time the horror of prisons in other countries. I remember years ago a television special contrived to discourage young people from committing acts that could land them in prison. I did not watch it but I think it was called Scared Shitless or something like that. Levant Fever
This book is written from the point of view of several people who suffered under the current Syrian regime. Although it was a chilling rendition of the treatment prisoners are subjected to in Syrian prisons, Westerners can glean some awful, but telling insights into the viciousness of too many Middle Easterners. The sad thing is that several characters drew parallels to the treatment that they and their little friends received in their schools. Punishment and unfathomable torture seem to rule
Levant Fever: True stories from Syria's underground is a book that was recommended to me by a friend. Usually I shy away from topics that depict current events, real one at that, because I prefer to submerge myself in the histories of the past and the magical worlds written by fantasy and Sci-Fi authors. However, Levant Fever did not make me regret purchasing it. A moving and horrifying account of the suffering and abuse lived by people in Syria, the book had me in tears in several moments,
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