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By the time I left Syria in May 2013, many in my family were happy to see me go. For them, the day hadn t come soon enough. So begins Alia Malek s chronicle of life in her family home in the Tahaan building in Damascus. In narrating the stories of generation after generation of her family as they, their neighbors, and friends come and go from the building, Alia portrays the Syriansthe Christians, Jews, Muslims, Armenians, and Kurdswho lived, worked, loved, and suffered in close quarters, mirroring the political shifts in their country. During the Arab Spring, Alia returned to Syria to reclaim her grandmother s apartment, which had been lost to them since 1970 when Hafez al Assad came to power As she restores her family s home, she learns how to speak the language of oppression that exists in a dictatorship, while privately confronting her own fears about her country s future. This deeply researched, personal journey sheds more light on Syrian history, society, and politics than any war reporting ever could. Bristling with insights, the narrative weaves acute political analysis with intimate family history, ultimately delivering an unforgettable portrait of the Syria we lost."
