
On 27th May at 19pm. will be presented in the book of Reinaldo Sapag Chain, My roots are from Syria in the framework of the Chilean cultural week organized by the Embassy of Chile in Sira in the Instituto Cervantes Damascus. As the author says "I come from a family whose roots are in Syria, distant and unknown country, but I love, because my father was born there, who gave me life, my father, who instilled in me values .
born in Syria also my grandmother, Nahima, the only grandmother I had the privilege of knowing.
This book arises primarily by the desire of my children, especially Veronica, to which they recount the miraculous life that touched me grace to live with my parents.
try not to invent anything, do not romanticize anything, nor to dress my parents or grandparents with clothes outside or non-existent greatness.
finish writing this introduction in the port of Barcelona, \u200b\u200bSpain. We are with Sylvia, my wife, on board a cruise that runs from the Mediterranean, the sea itself one day in 1908 my father went through in his quest to migrate from Homs, Syria, reaching Santiago de Chile to settle finally at the port of San Antonio. "This is an exceptional testimony of oral history of how an immigrant out of the Ottoman Syria managed to make his fortune in the new world and make your family come to have a better life in Chile. The event will feature the book's author, Reinaldo Sapag Chain, which will be presented by the Ambassador of Chile in Syria, Don Ricardo Fiegelist that will also make Chilean wines the meal will be served following the presentation of the book.