My new book, My Home is Your Home: A Journey Round Syria. Please scroll down to read more about the book.
My Home is Your Home
“Beautifully written, mixing historical observations with first-hand experience, Russell’s book will be a welcome introduction for all visitors to Syria.”
Dr. Eugene Rogan, Middle East Centre, University of Oxford
My Home is Your Home
A Journey Round Syria
Syria is a country few people know much about – apart from the political upheavals of the last few months. My Home is Your Home will change all that. Equipped with notebook, biro, bicycle and, occasionally, a bus ticket, Mary Russell travelled not only to places such as Aleppo, Homs and Hama but also to some of the more remote parts of eastern Syria taking, unexpectedly, an overnight taxi ride across the desert from Damascus to Baghdad. The result is an enthralling and quite unique account…
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