“I will only believe what I see with my own eyes” – Samar Yazbek with that intent, begins her diary immediately after the outbreak of the Syrian uprising in the small town of Dara’a. In the Alawite community, she will henceforth be regarded as a traitor, vilified and threatened. Nevertheless, she goes boldly on the road, traveling through the country, writes down what she sees and hears. Again and again she get news of deaths, casualties, arrest of friends. She speaks with protesters as well as with police officers, interviews dissidents released from prison.

These posts are a little redundant, but I had to make three of them for the information to be really clear! Finally, Yazbek’s ‘In the crossfire: Syrian revolution diaries’ were acquired by Haus publishing, UK. The book is expected to be out in May.

German rights to Yazbek’s ‘In the crossfire: Syrian revolution diaries’ were acquired by Nagel & Kimche, Hanser. The book is expected to be out in March.

French house Buchet-Chastel acquired the rights to Samar Yazbek’s book ‘In the crossfire: Syrian revolution diaries’. The book should be out in the end of March.

In the months spanning from March to July, Samar Yazbek, then in Damascus, kept a diary, where she took note of events she witnessed, people she talked to, and her impressions. This diary is now turned into a book.

On December 26, 2011, Syria had its deadliest day since mid-March. One hundred civilian deaths, according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights. On the 29th, despite the presence of the Arab League observers in the country, the security forces have launched nail bombs on the crowd on the Great Mosque square in Duma. On December 31st, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets again in the country. There have been dozens of deaths.