The road from Raqqa : a story of brotherhood, borders, and belonging
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Published
New York : Ballantine Books, ©2020.
Status
Central - Adult Biography
B ALKASEM FAMILY
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B ALKASEM FAMILY
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Published
New York : Ballantine Books, ©2020.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
vi, 255 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"The Alkasem brothers, Riyad and Bashar, spend their childhood in Raqqa, the Syrian city that would later become the capital of ISIS. As a teenager in the 1980s, Riyad witnesses the devastating aftermath of the Hama massacre--an atrocity that the Hafez al-Assad regime commits upon its people. Wanting to expand his notion of government and justice, Riyad moves to the United States to study law, but his plans are derailed and he eventually falls in love with a Southern belle. They move to a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee, where they raise two sons and where Riyad opens a restaurant--Caf�e Rakka--cooking the food his grandmother used to make. But he finds himself confronted with the darker side of American freedoms: the hardscrabble life of a newly arrived immigrant, enduring bigotry, poverty, and loneliness. Years pass, and at the height of Syria's civil war, fearing for his family's safety halfway across the world, he risks his own life by making a dangerous trip back to Raqqa. Bashar, meanwhile, in Syria. After his older brother moves to America, Bashar embarks on a brilliant legal career under the same corrupt Assad government that Riyad despises. Reluctant to abandon his comfortable (albeit conflicted) life, he fails to perceive the threat of ISIS until it's nearly too late."--,Publisher marketing.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Conn, J. R. (2020). The road from Raqqa: a story of brotherhood, borders, and belonging (First edition.). Ballantine Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Conn, Jordan Ritter. 2020. The Road From Raqqa: A Story of Brotherhood, Borders, and Belonging. Ballantine Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Conn, Jordan Ritter. The Road From Raqqa: A Story of Brotherhood, Borders, and Belonging Ballantine Books, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Conn, Jordan Ritter. The Road From Raqqa: A Story of Brotherhood, Borders, and Belonging First edition., Ballantine Books, 2020.
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