In 2005, teacher Theresa Kubasak and retired publisher Gabe Huck moved
to Syria with the hope of making a positive contribution for the many
Iraqis who sought refuge there after the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. In
2007, they established the Iraqi Student Project, which in five years
successfully prepared 60 young Iraqi refugees for admission to U.S.
colleges. This is Kubasak and Huck's account of the years they spent in
four different neighborhoods in Damascus. It describes the many deep
relationships they built there, with Syrians and with Iraqi and
Palestinian refugees. Never Can I Write of Damascus paints a uniquely
intimate picture of daily life in the heritage-rich country of Syria in
the period before and just after the 2011 eruption of unrest there. It
contains stunning photos, hand-drawn maps, and other rich supplemental
content.