Joining us from the devastated city of Homs in Syria is Marwa al-Sabouni, author of The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria.

In a 10-minute conversation with The Bookmonger, al-Sabouni describes what life is like in Syria today, how architecture contributed to her county's problems, and how a Syrian woman comes to speak English and become an architect. She also talks about her relationship to Roger Scruton, who wrote the foreword to her book.