Minorities in Syria : competing hierarchies -- Demystifying the Yezidis : a word about the sources -- Religious beliefs and social organization -- Historical developments -- Yezidis in the new Syria -- Conclusion : future challenges.
Summary:
This book highlights the complicated diversity of Syria's ethnic and religious fragmentation on the basis of the identity building process among the Yezidis, the lowest in the country's socio-economic and political hierarchy.
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