A daughter's rebellion against a regime and her father
Lubna Murai’s memoir Defiance chronicles her transformation from a rebellious daughter in a powerful Alawite family to a photojournalist documenting Syria’s descent into civil war, exposing how personal trauma and political awakening are inextricably linked. Her story reveals the cost o
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