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- catalog abstract "Daughter of Damascus presents a personal account of a Syrian woman's youth in the Suq Saruja ("old city") quarter of Damascus in the 1940s. Siham Tergeman wrote this book to preserve the details of a "genuine Arab past" for Syrian young people. In it, she relates the customs pertaining to marriage, birth, circumcision, and death. She writes of Ramadan festivities, family picnics to the orchards of the Ghuta, weekly trips to the public bath, her school experiences, Damascene cooking, peddlers' calls, and proverbs. She includes the well-known dramatic skits, songs, and tales of the Syrian Hakawati storytellers. And, through the words of her father, she describes the difficult period when Syrians were involved in the Balkans War and World War I. All this wealth of ethnographic detail is set in real-life vignettes that make the book lively and entertaining reading.".
- catalog alternative "Yā māl al-Shām. Selections English".
- catalog contributor b4807145.
- catalog contributor b4807146.
- catalog coverage "Damascus (Syria) Social life and customs Fiction.".
- catalog coverage "Syria History 20th century Fiction.".
- catalog coverage "Syria Social conditions 20th century Fiction.".
- catalog coverage "Syria Social life and customs 20th century Fiction.".
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "Daughter of Damascus presents a personal account of a Syrian woman's youth in the Suq Saruja ("old city") quarter of Damascus in the 1940s. Siham Tergeman wrote this book to preserve the details of a "genuine Arab past" for Syrian young people. In it, she relates the customs pertaining to marriage, birth, circumcision, and death. She writes of Ramadan festivities, family picnics to the orchards of the Ghuta, weekly trips to the public bath, her school experiences, Damascene cooking, peddlers' calls, and proverbs. She includes the well-known dramatic skits, songs, and tales of the Syrian Hakawati storytellers. And, through the words of her father, she describes the difficult period when Syrians were involved in the Balkans War and World War I. All this wealth of ethnographic detail is set in real-life vignettes that make the book lively and entertaining reading.".
- catalog extent "xxxiii, 202 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Daughter of Damascus.".
- catalog identifier "0292781261 pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Daughter of Damascus.".
- catalog isPartOf "Modern Middle East literatures in translation series.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Austin, Tex. : Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin,".
- catalog relation "Daughter of Damascus.".
- catalog spatial "Damascus (Syria) Social life and customs Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "Syria History 20th century Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "Syria Social conditions 20th century Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "Syria Social life and customs 20th century Fiction.".
- catalog subject "892/.74 20".
- catalog subject "Arabic fiction 20th century Translations into English.".
- catalog subject "PJ7864.U76 Y313 1994".
- catalog subject "Short stories, Arabic 20th century Translations into English.".
- catalog title "Daughter of Damascus : taken from Ya mal al-Sham / by Siham Tergeman ; English version and introduction by Andrea Rugh.".
- catalog title "Yā māl al-Shām. Selections English".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Translations. fast".
- catalog type "text".