In 1939 Count Albert Asfar, great grandson of Gabriel Joseph Asfar from Basrah wrote to Agnes Asphar in Malta, seeking to link up the family trees of Fatallah and Gabriel Asfar, originally from Aleppo in Syria.

This book brings together what we know about the extraordinary Asphar/Asfar family; in reading the memoirs, anecdotes, interviews and letters of family members we piece together the Asphar? Asfar family identity and celebrate the richness of the lives and perspectives of our extraordinary family members and ancestors.