Get Hold Of The Clarion Of Syria: A Patriots Call Against The Civil War Of 1860 Assembled By Butrus Al-Bustani Accessible Through Textbook

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When Nafir Suriyya"The Clarion of Syria"was penned between Septemberand April, its author Butrus alBustani, a major figure in the modern Arabic Renaissance, had witnessed his

homeland undergo unprecedented violence in what many today consider Lebanon's first civil war.
Written during Ottoman and European investigations into the causes and culprits of the atrocities, The Clarion of Syria is both a commentary on the politics of state intervention and social upheaval, and a set of visions for the future of Syrian society in the wake of conflict.


This translation makes a key historical document accessible for the first time to an English audience, An introduction by the translators sketches the history that led up to the civil strife in Mt, Lebanon, outlines a brief biography of Butrus alBustani, and provides an authoritative overview of the literary style and historiography of Nafir Suriyya.
Rereading these pamphlets in the context of today's political violence, in wartorn Syria and elsewhere in the Arab world, helps us gain a critical and historical perspective on sectarianism, foreign invasions, conflict resolution, Western interventionism, and nationalist tropes of reconciliation.
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