The Crossing: My journey to the shattered heart of Syria | 
pickThis book is between good and soso. There is no much history about Syria. Rather, it is about what the author saw when she crossed border to Syria which the rest of the world doesn‘t know about. I wish that there can have some pictures but I guess there is some safety concern.
The news today reminded me of this book. Anyone else got a book that can give insight on what's going on in Syria?
pick#WITMonth!!!!!
I've been enjoying WIT Month for a few years now but my luck with women's memoir throughout it has been rather hit or miss. Nevertheless, I persist and here are the books I've read and those I intend to read this year. Just the #witmemoir, there's more fiction to come as well.
What are you reading for WITMonth this year?
Eye opening & heart breaking. I can only read in small doses. #womenintranslation
Im only 50 pages in but this book is already breaking my heart 💔 really looking forward to getting into this more!
pickFrom exile in Paris, Samar Yazbek crosses back to Syria 3 times to tell the stories of the people who remain. She works with women trying to survive, feed and educate their children, travels with rebel fighters, and interviews emirs and fighters who believe her people to be infidels who have no place in Syria. All the while, they're negotiating air strikes and bombardments. It's angry, chaotic, harrowing, & emotionally-draining, as she tries 👇
This is Yazbek's third crossing into Syria. Arriving in Turkey, she's taken aback by the number of fighters she's travelling with. She's met by the family she stayed with during her first crossing, who are now in exile themselves. Aala is an eight-year-old storyteller, who goes on to describe their journey to Turkey.
This is a tough read - I've almost bailed a couple of times already, and may or may not finish.
In 2012-13, Yazbek crossed back into #Syria several times to tell the stories of her country and the people living through the war. She tells what she sees, and the stories she's told in a tumble of urgency, & travels around rebel-controlled Syria, telling of life in a warzone.
