Alia Malek
@aliamalek.bsky.social
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🚨OUT NOW: New episode of BULAQ featuring @aliamalek.bsky.social talking about McSweeney's 76: AFTERSHOCKS, a new anthology of Syrian literature from @mcsweeneys.net.
Magazine here: store.mcsweeneys.net/products/mcs....
Episode here: lnk.to/GN89Oh.
Magazine here: store.mcsweeneys.net/products/mcs....
Episode here: lnk.to/GN89Oh.
McSweeney’s 76: Aftershocks
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At this urgent time of crisis, McSweeney’s 76: Aftershocks presents a collection of contemporary Syrian prose—short stories, novel excerpts, and pl...
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February 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🚨OUT NOW: New episode of BULAQ featuring @aliamalek.bsky.social talking about McSweeney's 76: AFTERSHOCKS, a new anthology of Syrian literature from @mcsweeneys.net.
Magazine here: store.mcsweeneys.net/products/mcs....
Episode here: lnk.to/GN89Oh.
Magazine here: store.mcsweeneys.net/products/mcs....
Episode here: lnk.to/GN89Oh.
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Excited to be speaking with my brilliant colleague @aliamalek.bsky.social tomorrow at the Newmark School of Journalism about Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza
“Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza”: A Book Talk with Peter Beinart - Newmark J-School
Join us for a conversation with Peter Beinart about his new book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza. A frequent contributor to The New York A book talk with Newmark J-School Professor Peter B...
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February 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Excited to be speaking with my brilliant colleague @aliamalek.bsky.social tomorrow at the Newmark School of Journalism about Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza
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From a conversation today on ArabLit.
arablit.org/2025/01/28/r...
Read work by Rawaa Sonbol & many other contemporary Syrian authors in AFTERSHOCKS, ed. @aliamalek.bsky.social.
arablit.org/2025/01/28/r...
Read work by Rawaa Sonbol & many other contemporary Syrian authors in AFTERSHOCKS, ed. @aliamalek.bsky.social.
January 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
From a conversation today on ArabLit.
arablit.org/2025/01/28/r...
Read work by Rawaa Sonbol & many other contemporary Syrian authors in AFTERSHOCKS, ed. @aliamalek.bsky.social.
arablit.org/2025/01/28/r...
Read work by Rawaa Sonbol & many other contemporary Syrian authors in AFTERSHOCKS, ed. @aliamalek.bsky.social.
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"As Syria takes its first faltering steps after Mr. al-Assad’s fall, it’s imperative that Syrians are not written out of their story again."
If you're going to read one thing on Syria (and even if you've read too many to count), read this by @aliamalek.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...
If you're going to read one thing on Syria (and even if you've read too many to count), read this by @aliamalek.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...
Opinion | What Did the World Learn From Syria? (Gift Article)
It is easy to look at a dark past and warn of a dark future.
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January 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"As Syria takes its first faltering steps after Mr. al-Assad’s fall, it’s imperative that Syrians are not written out of their story again."
If you're going to read one thing on Syria (and even if you've read too many to count), read this by @aliamalek.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...
If you're going to read one thing on Syria (and even if you've read too many to count), read this by @aliamalek.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...
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I've known Alia Malek since our time at J school decades sgo, ,+profiled her book on #Syria, THE HOME THAT WAS OUR COUNTRY. And when Assad fell, there was no one else I wanted to hear from. Her writing here is stunning. Syrians in Turkey Agonize Over a Return Home www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/m...
Syrians in Turkey Agonize Over a Return Home
With the Assad regime out of power, millions weigh the decision to go back to their war-torn country.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I've known Alia Malek since our time at J school decades sgo, ,+profiled her book on #Syria, THE HOME THAT WAS OUR COUNTRY. And when Assad fell, there was no one else I wanted to hear from. Her writing here is stunning. Syrians in Turkey Agonize Over a Return Home www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/m...
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“It’s easy to look at a dark past & warn of a dark future, but we shouldn’t mistake that for seeing the future. What did we learn from Syria? We misread it, condemn it to misery when we don’t listen to the people at the heart of it” aliamalek.bsky.social from Damascus
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...
Opinion | What Did the World Learn From Syria?
It is easy to look at a dark past and warn of a dark future.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“It’s easy to look at a dark past & warn of a dark future, but we shouldn’t mistake that for seeing the future. What did we learn from Syria? We misread it, condemn it to misery when we don’t listen to the people at the heart of it” aliamalek.bsky.social from Damascus
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...
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Save every document. Save every shred of evidence. Celebrate and then record accounts of returnees, survivors, witnesses. It seemed like a pipe dream, but justice was always a long game. “It’s the turn of the doctor” and his allies to face justice. #Syria
If you listen to Syrians, you'll see there is a huge focus on the prisons. Thousands of people are now being released from these slaughter houses, some of them had been there since 1982.
#Syria
#Syria
December 8, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Save every document. Save every shred of evidence. Celebrate and then record accounts of returnees, survivors, witnesses. It seemed like a pipe dream, but justice was always a long game. “It’s the turn of the doctor” and his allies to face justice. #Syria
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“The government would do anything to hold on to power, including fomenting the chaos it claimed it was combating.”
Read @aliamalek.bsky.social—her books, too. She’s brilliant and kind.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...
Read @aliamalek.bsky.social—her books, too. She’s brilliant and kind.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...
Opinion | What Did the World Learn From Syria?
It is easy to look at a dark past and warn of a dark future.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“The government would do anything to hold on to power, including fomenting the chaos it claimed it was combating.”
Read @aliamalek.bsky.social—her books, too. She’s brilliant and kind.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...
Read @aliamalek.bsky.social—her books, too. She’s brilliant and kind.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...
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This superb piece from Alia Malek in NYT was the most-read article by our newsletter subscribers.
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Today's featured #longreads 1/2: Syrians in Turkey Agonize Over a Return Home by Alia Malek.
"After [the earthquake], across Turkish society, Syrians were, at best, matter-of-factly blamed, or, at worst, scapegoated, for all manner of woes."
"After [the earthquake], across Turkish society, Syrians were, at best, matter-of-factly blamed, or, at worst, scapegoated, for all manner of woes."
Syrians in Turkey Agonize Over a Return Home
With the Assad regime out of power, millions weigh the decision to go back to their war-torn country.
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This superb piece from Alia Malek in NYT was the most-read article by our newsletter subscribers.
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Started reading this book edited by @aliamalek.bsky.social. A chilling look at life in Syria before the fall of the Assad regime through the eyes of those who lived it and expressed the best way they could.
December 25, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Started reading this book edited by @aliamalek.bsky.social. A chilling look at life in Syria before the fall of the Assad regime through the eyes of those who lived it and expressed the best way they could.
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Out now! Discover this brilliant (and shockingly timely) collection of Syrian Fiction today!
December 12, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Out now! Discover this brilliant (and shockingly timely) collection of Syrian Fiction today!