{"product_id":"9780349013350","title":"Defiance","description":"Author: Loubna Mrie\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349013350\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 24 Feb 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 432\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis memoir will tell her story in her own words.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46697601663134,"sku":"ADS-9780349013350","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349013350.jpg?v=1775718091","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349013350","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}