The Fear of Breathing: Stories from the Syrian Revolution: 1 (Oberon Modern Plays) - Softcover

Ruth Sherlock; Paul Wood; Zoe Lafferty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849434190 ISBN 13: 9781849434195

Publisher: Oberon Books, 2012

Synopsis

As thousands have been tortured, jailed, maimed or killed by the Syrian regime, The Fear of Breathing is not only a new play based entirely on verbatim reports from inside Syria itself, but is also a hard-hitting evocation of a life or death fight for freedom, experienced from the inside. To uncover these personal stories from the uprising, award-winning journalists Paul Wood and Ruth Sherlock, together with theatre director Zoe Lafferty, travelled into Syria covertly, circumventing the ban on journalists and restrictions on movement for all non-Syrians. They spoke to protesters as well as citizens who love President Bashar al-Assad and are terrified of a future without him.

Featuring verbatim scenes, interviews, stories and film footage, The Fear of Breathing is a powerful and profoundly disturbing portrait of a revolution struggling to survive.

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About the Author

Paul Wood has covered a dozen wars in fifteen years as a BBC foreign correspondent. He won a Golden Nymph at the Monte Carlo Television Festival and the Bayeux Award for War Correspondents. During the Syrian uprising, he was three times smuggled across the border and into the city of Homs and produced Homs – Journey into Hell for BBCs Panorama.; Ruth Sherlock has just been named Young Journalist of the Year in the 2012 British Press Awards. She has been nominated for the prestigious Gaby Rado Memorial Award, given by Amnesty International for outstanding coverage of human rights.; Zoe Lafferty has worked as a director, assistant director and playwright for theatre in Afghanistan, the UK, New York, Palestine and Europe, and is an Associate Director of the Freedom Theatre Palestine.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849434190
• ISBN 13: 9781849434195
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88