Daughter of Damascus: A Memoir

by Siham Turjuman and Siham Tergeman

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292781261
• ISBN13: 9780292781269
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"