The home that was our country : (Record no. 35460)

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ISBN
International Standard Book Number 9781568588445
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number 956.91440423092 MA HO
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL AUTHOR
Authors Malek, Alia,
Dates 1974-,
TITLE STATEMENT
Title The home that was our country :
Subtitle a memoir of Syria
Statement of responsibility, etc. Alia Malek
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication New York :
Publisher Nation Books,
Date c2017.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xx, 338 p. ;
Size 24 cm.
SUMMARY
Summary In The Home that Was My Country, Syrian-American journalist Alia Malek chronicles her return to her family home in Damascus and the history of the Jabban apartment building. Here, generations of Christians, Jews, Muslims, and Armenians lived, worked, loved, and suffered in close quarters. In telling the story of her family over the course of the last century, Alia brings to light the triumphs and failures that have led Syria to where it is today. Her book bristles with insights, as Alia weaves acute political analysis into intimate scenes, interlacing the personal and the political with subtlety and grace. After being in and out of Syria growing up, Alia came back to Syria as a journalist at the time of the Arab Spring, striving to understand it as the country was beginning to disintegrate. As days go on, Alia learns how to speak the language that exists in a dictatorship, while privately confronting her own fears about her country's future, and learns how to carry on with everyday life. This intimate portrait of contemporary Syria will shed more light on its history, society, and politics than all of today's war reporting accounts written from the Syrian front. It makes for an eye-opening, highly moving, and beautiful read, and finds the humanity behind the disastrous daily headlines.
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Topical Heading Malek, Alia, 1974
General Family
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Topical Heading Damascus (Syria)
General Biography
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General Syria
-- History
Chronological Civil War, 2011-
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Topical Heading Women journalists
General Biography
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Holdings
Date last seen Full call number Barcode Price effective from Koha item type Public note Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Withdrawn status Permanent location Current location Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition
23/01/2019 956.91440423092 MA HO T0061688 23/01/2019 REGULAR Jan2019   Dewey Decimal Classification       University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 23/01/2019 Kinokuniya Books