@incollection{ZeidoIbold, author = {Zeido, Zeido and Ibold, Nura}, title = {The Division of Aleppo City: Heritage and Urban Space}, series = {Urban Heritage in Divided Cities: Contested Pasts}, booktitle = {Urban Heritage in Divided Cities: Contested Pasts}, editor = {Ristic, Mirjana and Frank, Sybille}, edition = {1st Edition}, publisher = {Routledge}, address = {London}, isbn = {978-0-429-46038-8}, pages = {87 -- 104}, abstract = {This chapter explores the role that Aleppo's built heritage has played in mediating social change during the conflict, reflecting upon a period that stretches from Syrian independence in 1946 up to the present day. 3 By using a variety of scholarly resources that discuss these changes in Aleppo, interviews with experts and locals, UNESCO reports, local and international news agencies and even comments from social media, this chapter traces transformations of Aleppo's heritage before and during the war as well as the changes in perceptions of heritage by the Aleppines. The chapter argues that the city's socio- spatial polarisation to east and west dates from a period long before the war, and furthermore that heritage contributed to the division of Aleppo in some respects, while in other ways it brought its residents together.}, language = {en} }