Download or read book The Pigeon Wars of Damascus written by Marius Kociejowski and published by Biblioasis. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marius Kociejowski follows up his now classic The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool with The Pigeon Wars of Damascus. A metaphysical journalist in search of echoes rather than analogies, hints as opposed to verities, Kociejowski discovers once again at the periphery of Damascene society—for the outcast is often made of the very thing that rejects him—a way to understand the challenges and changes refashioning post-9/11 Syria and the Middle East, reminding us once again of the deeper purpose of travel: to absorb and understand the spirit of a place, and to return changed.