A Disappearance in Damascus: A Story of Friendship and Survival in the Shadow Winner of the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Non-Fiction: draws us into the struggles of Iraqi refugees settled in Syria after the fall of Baghdad. A great account of an unlikely friendship with some very interesting history thrown in. Historical zones in the concerns of European planners in Syria.How could we imagine Damascus or Aleppo without their Citadels and the approach describing the Syrians' attitudes as concerned the destruction and Jmi'ah al-umniyyah, al-Muqtabas, al-Ma