{"product_id":"the-home-that-was-our-country-a-memoir-of-syria-9781568588445","title":"The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria","description":"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, Armenians, and Kurds-who worked, loved, and suffered in close quarters, mirroring the political shifts in their country. Restoring her family's 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 Syria's future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Home That Was Our Country \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlia Malek\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning journalist and civil rights lawyer. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Country Called Amreeka\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003ePatriot Acts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEUROPA\u003c\/i\u003e. Her reporting has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Foreign Policy, Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bold Type Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51734948315410,"sku":"9781568588445","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_acf437e7-bd04-4128-b61d-19eecf5f9bf0.jpg?v=1763491954","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-home-that-was-our-country-a-memoir-of-syria-9781568588445","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}