Alia Malek's new book, The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria, covers modern Syria, from the last of the Ottoman days to the present. Malek provides a rich history of the country by weaving the lives of her family members with the geopolitical and economic history of SyriaAlia Malek is a journalist, and author. She is the author Amreeka: US History Retold Through Arab-American Lives and the editor of Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice.