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AMONG THE RUINS CHRISTIAN C. SAHNER Among the Ruins Syria Past and Present A A Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright © 2014 Christian C Sahner Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 Published in the United Kingdom in 2014 by C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available for this title Christian C Sahner Among the Ruins Syria Past and Present ISBN 978-0-19-939-670-2 (hardback) Printed in the USA CONTENTS A Note for the Reader vii Acknowledgements ix Maps xii An Ode for Syria Today xix Preface: A Journey through Many Syrias xxi 1. The Imperial Moment: Islam in Syria 1 2. Once “Our Land”: Christianity in Syria 39 3. Outsiders Become Insiders: Sectarianism in Syria 77 4. Guardians of the Homeland: State and Society in Syria 113 5. A View from the Edge: War in Syria 147 Epilogue: Among the Ruins 183 Notes 191 Index 211 A NOTE FOR THE READER Certain names, places, and biographical details in this book have been changed in order to protect the identities of the individuals mentioned. In transliterating Arabic, I have omitted the standard diacritic marks familiar to scholars. I have represented the letter hamza with a single backwards quote (’), and the letter ‘ayn with a single for- ward quote (‘). In many instances, I have chosen transliterations of Arabic names and words that conform to popular as opposed to scholarly usage (e.g., Hussein, not Ḥusayn; Hafez not Ḥāfiẓ; muez- zin not mu’adhdhin; or Baath not Ba‘th). I have not endeavored to identify every source I consulted. Rather, I have used endnotes sparingly in order to credit the authors and texts that have influenced my thinking, and to point readers to further material should they become interested in par- ticular subjects, both broad and narrow. vii
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