{"product_id":"9780349013350","title":"Defiance : A Memoir of Awakening, Rebellion, and Survival in Syria by Loubna Mrie","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 24\/02\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis memoir will tell her story in her own words.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56367971991925,"sku":"9780349013350","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780349013350.jpg?v=1763548359","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780349013350","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}