{"product_id":"defiance-by-loubna-mrie-9780349013350","title":"Defiance","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLoubna Mrie was raised a staunch Syrian Alawite, the same sect as then-President Hafez al-Assad. Her mother's father helped plan the coup that saw Hafez seize power in 1970 and bring the Alawites out of hiding and into a position of total control. Her father was intimately involved in Hafez's government as an enforcer and assassin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the Arab Spring reached Syria in 2011, she attended a protest against his son Bashar's government out of curiosity, and her life changed forever. When she returned to her grandparents' home in Damascus, her family called her a traitor. Unable to look back, she plunged ahead into a life of activism — in opposition to both the regime and her abusive father — with unimaginable consequences. Loubna's father was exiled, her mother murdered, and her boyfriend, Peter Kassig, an American, was executed by ISIS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis memoir will tell her story in her own words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDefiance\u003c\/em\u003e by Loubna Mrie offers a gripping and personal account of a tumultuous period in Syrian history, revealing the complex interplay of familial ties, political struggle, and personal sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074014626028,"sku":"9780349013350","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/c51e7a30d77ea6af1b94544cbd22c493.jpg?v=1765177588","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/defiance-by-loubna-mrie-9780349013350","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}