The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria - Paperback
by Alia Malek
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Bold Type BooksISBN-13:9781568588445ISBN-10:1568588445UPC:9781568588445Book Category:History, Political Science, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Middle East, World, Cultural & RegionalBook Topic:Middle EasternSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC7PY9Y21Y
The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria
At the Arab Spring's hopeful start, Alia Malek returned to Damascus to reclaim her grandmother's apartment, which had been lost to her family since Hafez al-Assad came to power in 1970. Its loss was central to her parent's decision to make their lives in America. In chronicling the people who lived in the Tahaan building, past and present, Alia portrays the Syrians-the Muslims, Christians, Jews,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bold Type BooksISBN-13:9781568588445ISBN-10:1568588445UPC:9781568588445Book Category:History, Political Science, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Middle East, World, Cultural & RegionalBook Topic:Middle EasternSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC7PY9Y21Y
Alia Malek is an award-winning journalist and civil rights lawyer. She is the author of A Country Called Amreeka and editor of Patriot Acts and EUROPA. Her reporting has appeared in the New York Times, Foreign Policy, Nation, and Christian Science Monitor, among others.
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