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American by birth, Syrian by parentage, journalist and civil rights lawyer Malek (A Country Called Amreeka) has the cultural and linguistic fluency to be both insider and outsider in either country. Through four generations of extended family stories—from her wealthy businessman great-grandfather who outlived the Ottoman Empire to contemporary cousins trying to survive the Assad regime—Malek traces a century-plus of tumultuous Syrian history. That she's her own narrator proves ideal, moving between the personal and polit...Log In or Sign Up to Read More