Journalist Samar Yazbek was forced into exile by Assad's regime. When the uprisi
ng in Syria turned to bloodshed, she was determined to take action and secretly
returned several times. The Crossing is her rare, powerful and courageous tesent
to what she found inside the borders of her homeland.
From the first peaceful p
rotests for democracy to the arrival of ISIS, she bears witness to those struggl
ing to survive, to the humanity that can flower amidst annihilation, and why so
many are now desperate to flee.