Description: Home That Was Our Country : A Memoir of Syria, Paperback by Malek, Alia, ISBN 1568588445, ISBN-13 9781568588445, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US At the Arab Springs hopeful start, Alia Malek returned to Damascus to reclaim her grandmothers apartment, which had been lost to her family since Hafez al-Assad came to power in 1970. Its loss was central to her parents 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, Armenians, and Kurds-who worked, loved, and suffered in close quarters, mirroring the political shifts in their country. Restoring her familys home as the country comes apart, she learns how to speak the coded language of oppression that exists in a dictatorship, while privately confronting her own fears about Syrias future.
The Home That Was Our Country is a deeply researched, personal journey that shines a delicate but piercing light on Syrian history, society, and politics. Teeming with insights, the narrative weaves acute political analysis with a century of intimate family history, ultimately delivering an unforgettable portrait of the Syria that is being erased.
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Book Title: Home That Was Our Country : a Memoir of Syria
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Public Affairs
Topic: Cultural Heritage, Middle East / General
Publication Year: 2018
Item Height: 1 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 13.3 Oz
Author: Alia Malek
Item Length: 6.1 in
Item Width: 9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
