Family Life Under Siege
Arabic Learning in Context - Syria from Peaceful Reform to Civil War - Abdelkader Berrahmoun
Abdelkader Berrahmoun [+]
Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California
Abdelkader Berrahmoun is Assistant Professor of Professional Practice and served as Summer Intensive Arabic Coordinator at Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California. Professor Berrahmoun is a native of Oran, Algeria. He began his career as a language professor in Boston, Massachusetts, where he taught Arabic and French at Boston University, the University of Massachusetts-Boston, Smith College, Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College and a number of other educational institutions.
Description
Characters are confronted with the dilemma of displacement within Syria. Syrians flee the armed conflict and take refuge in relatives’ homes or other safe locations. In their writing, characters confront the dilemma of living in a crowded space with limited provisions. They start feeling the shortage of necessities in their cities as the conflict continues.