Rewriting the Rules A Vision for Syria’s Sustainable Reconstruction
I am thrilled to announce that my book, “Rewriting the Rules: A Vision for Syria’s Sustainable Reconstruction,” is now available to order on Amazon globally. Choose your preferred edition from the options below to order your copy from Amazon. The book is available on Kindle eBook, Paperback Edition and Hardcover Edition.
This book began not with data, but with a memory, the memory of my brother, Hasan, and of a Syria that believed in a different future. That future was stolen by a decade of unimaginable violence, and in its place came a global narrative of despair: Syria, the failed state; the humanitarian catastrophe; the unsolvable problem. For years, the conversation about my homeland has been a grim accounting of everything that went wrong.
This book is an act of deliberate refusal. It refuses to accept that the story ends in the rubble. It is born from a question that is rarely asked in the corridors of power or in policy reports, a question that is both audacious and essential: What if we get it right?
This is not a work of naive optimism. The devastation is real, the trauma is deep, and the path to recovery is fraught with peril. But within this near-total destruction lies a profound and unprecedented opportunity. The fires that consumed the old Syria didn’t just destroy; they cleared the ground, eliminating the corrupt and unsustainable systems that had made the country so fragile in the first place.
Today, Syria is a “blank slate.”
At any other moment in history, this would be a hollow advantage. But Syria’s blank slate has emerged at the precise moment that the tools to build a truly 21st century nation have come of age. A revolution in sustainable finance, a leap forward in green technology, and a new understanding of resilient governance have created a new playbook for development.
This book is an attempt to write that playbook. It is a rigorous exploration of what becomes possible when a nation is free to build from first principles, guided by a new compass for prosperity.
In this book, we will explore:
How Kate Raworth’s “Doughnut Economics” can create a society that is both just and safe.
How a nation’s greatest climate vulnerabilities can be transformed into its most valuable economic assets.
A practical financial architecture to connect Syria’s reconstruction needs with a world awash in capital seeking meaningful impact.
This is not a prediction or a blueprint set in stone. It is a vision. It is an invitation to a conversation about what could be possible, about what could go right.
This book is a framework for NGOs, investors, policymakers, and for Syrians at home and abroad, to begin the collective work of shifting our focus from managing a tragedy to building a miracle. The old rules have been shattered. This book is a guide to writing new ones, together
