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The Syrian’s Story

The Syrian’s Story

Author(s): Zahara Schara

Location(s): Syria

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): early 21st century

Amir and his family are among the 3 million Syrian refugees stuck in a situation beyond their control. Amir wants his very young daughter to know the truth about the Syria he knew and the reason they fled, so despite being mocked for it he begins to write his story. After a strange sequence of events this personal account of life before and during the war becomes a worldwide phenomenon climbing the bestseller charts. As such the world wants to know, is it a true story and more importantly what happened to Amir and his family. Jacqueline, a journalist from the United States, sets out to find one refugee among millions. What she finds causes her to rethink what she thought she knew about Syria and especially people in general.

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