'ONE OF THE FIRST POLITICAL CLASSICS OF THE 21st CENTURY'- Observer'EXTRAORDINARILY POWERFUL POIGNANT & AFFECTING I WAS GREATLY MOVED' Michael Palin FOREWORD BY CHRISTINA LAMBJournalist Samar Yazbek was forced into exile by Assad's regime When the uprising in Syria turned to bloodshed she was determined to take action & secretly returned several times The Crossing is her rare powerful & courageous testament to what she found inside the borders of her homeland From the first peaceful protests for democracy to the arrival of ISIS she bears witness to those struggling to survive to the humanity that can flower amidst annihilation & why so many are now desperate to flee