How Do Damascenes Spend Their Leisure Time during the War?
(2020) p.105-114- Abstract
- Beginning in December 2010, the Arab world was hit by huge anti-government revolutionary waves, popularly known as the Arab Spring. In Syria, the uprising did not take long to morph into a bloody war with international and regional powers wrestling for geopolitical influence and economic gain. The war has significantly changed Syria in terms of politics, economy, and culture. While the first two have had an immediate effect on the ground and therefore constitute rich and sometimes easily-accessed materials for academic studies, the cultural aspect and particularly the daily life activities of Syrian citizens living in Syria during the Arab Spring have been understudied. This article investigates the cultural changes in the lives of Syrian... (More)
- Beginning in December 2010, the Arab world was hit by huge anti-government revolutionary waves, popularly known as the Arab Spring. In Syria, the uprising did not take long to morph into a bloody war with international and regional powers wrestling for geopolitical influence and economic gain. The war has significantly changed Syria in terms of politics, economy, and culture. While the first two have had an immediate effect on the ground and therefore constitute rich and sometimes easily-accessed materials for academic studies, the cultural aspect and particularly the daily life activities of Syrian citizens living in Syria during the Arab Spring have been understudied. This article investigates the cultural changes in the lives of Syrian citizens living in the city of Damascus. It seeks to understand how Damascus residents spend their leisure time during the war and in which ways the war has affected their daily life activities. (Less)
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- author
- Ajjoub, Orwa LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2020-11-12
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Syria, culture, leisure, Damascus, The Syrian conflict, middle east
- categories
- Popular Science
- host publication
- Dragomanen
- pages
- 105 - 114
- ISBN
- 978-91-88929-36-5
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- f031113e-5b3f-4741-8a9f-d23d02a61314
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- https://srii.org/Documents/Docs/152cfbdf2c02456d9211bff252589ba0.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2ZLcq7uDgZRtEljWDwYpHf0Mt30uzxcwnIXiSX5A7u8cUuCXzhcE5LUMk
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- date last changed
- 2020-11-18 07:52:27
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abstract = {{Beginning in December 2010, the Arab world was hit by huge anti-government revolutionary waves, popularly known as the Arab Spring. In Syria, the uprising did not take long to morph into a bloody war with international and regional powers wrestling for geopolitical influence and economic gain. The war has significantly changed Syria in terms of politics, economy, and culture. While the first two have had an immediate effect on the ground and therefore constitute rich and sometimes easily-accessed materials for academic studies, the cultural aspect and particularly the daily life activities of Syrian citizens living in Syria during the Arab Spring have been understudied. This article investigates the cultural changes in the lives of Syrian citizens living in the city of Damascus. It seeks to understand how Damascus residents spend their leisure time during the war and in which ways the war has affected their daily life activities.}},
author = {{Ajjoub, Orwa}},
booktitle = {{Dragomanen}},
isbn = {{978-91-88929-36-5}},
keywords = {{Syria; culture; leisure; Damascus; The Syrian conflict; middle east}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{11}},
pages = {{105--114}},
title = {{How Do Damascenes Spend Their Leisure Time during the War?}},
url = {{https://srii.org/Documents/Docs/152cfbdf2c02456d9211bff252589ba0.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2ZLcq7uDgZRtEljWDwYpHf0Mt30uzxcwnIXiSX5A7u8cUuCXzhcE5LUMk}},
year = {{2020}},
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