{"id":154,"date":"2017-07-23T09:56:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T13:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salonsyria.com\/?p=154"},"modified":"2021-12-03T11:07:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T16:07:29","slug":"a-memoir-of-syria-with-alia-malek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salonsyria.com\/en\/a-memoir-of-syria-with-alia-malek\/","title":{"rendered":"A Memoir of Syria with Alia Malek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/324530218&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Malihe Razazan speaks with Alia Malek about her new book\u00a0<em>The Home that was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Alia Malek<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Alia Malek is a journalist, civil rights lawyer, and author of A Country Called Amreeka: Roots, American Stories. 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