We Are Syrians: Three Generations. Three Dissidents. (Broken Silence)
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (611 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 160801133X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Compelling narratives that reveal a grave disillusionment with the world's responses to the Syrian crisis. -- Kirkus Reviews "Kirkus Reviews"As if coincidentally, these three stories fit together to provide a full, chronological account of the repressive Assad reign and citizens' efforts to advance democracyThis compelling, clear-eyed book should help ordinary Americans to empathize with the plight of Syrians today. -- Foreword Review "Foreword Review"
In We Are Syrians , Naila Al-Atrash, Radwan Ziadeh, and Sana Mustafa share their harrowing accounts about working to protect freedom of expression under an authoritarian government. What would you do to protect your freedom? Would you risk your reputation? Undergo interrogation, detainment, and abuse? Would you continue even when your friends and colleagues started going missing? Continue despite the threats? Would you leave everything behind, leave the only home you've ever known, before silencing yourself? A theater director, a dentist, and a university student, three generations of Syrian citizens, became dissidents under the Assad family's rule, forced to flee Syria by a govern