Heini Grünbaum
ASIN: B00LOAW6FW
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 359
In the summer of 1989 I went to visit my dear friend Ahmed in Syria. This is his story and the stories of so many other people I met... …and then we move fast forward to present time. Today, the 26th of August 2016 - “Updates and Thoughts on my book about Syria”:In 1990 I began writing my book about my personal experiences in Syria. I was still a very young man and memories from my time in Syria were crystal clear and still dripping from the excitement. After about 60 pages I ran out of steam and it wasn’t until 20 years that I decided to finish my book with all of its unusual stories.During the writing process the uprising in Syria began March 2011. I was conflicted by it and tried a few times to draw some parallels from the new escalating conflict to the stories in my book. But I soon realized that my book about Syria, which is very personal and at times extreme, had to be a periodic ...