Not a single person I met (and I met many from minority communities) regretted the regime, not even one. And the defining feature of my trip was the sense of hope I felt everywhere. However, there is some nuance between Syrians coming from abroad, who are overwhelmed with joy and

“What did we learn from Syria? That we misread it, and condemn it to misery, when we do not listen to the people at the heart of it,” Alia Malek writes. nyti.ms/42AOQsi

In 2023, I went to southern #Turkey to try to grasp what the earthquake would mean for the nearly four million #Syria refugees in the country, who by that point had already survived many other catastrophes — from the national to the personal. For NYT Magazine nytimes.com/2025/01/17/mag…

Another excellent piece by ⁦Alia Malek عليا مالك⁩ on what Syrians— and the world—have learned from the revolution and the fall of Assad -⁩ nytimes.com/2025/01/26/opi… via @NYTOpinion

Read Alia Malek عليا مالك in NYT on the accounting going on in post-Assad Syria: “…the costs would finally be tallied, and the sum of that grief was as soul-crushing as the relief was overwhelming…” nytimes.com/2025/01/26/opi…

Over the years, I have met so many Syrians who have lived from crisis to crisis, and have been amazed at how strong they are. Areej, who I write about for the NYT Magazine is one of the strongest. nytimes.com/2025/01/17/mag…

Excited to be speaking with my brilliant colleague Alia Malek عليا مالك tomorrow at Newmark J-School about Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza journalism.cuny.edu/events/being-j…

🚨OUT NOW: New episode featuring Alia Malek عليا مالك talking about McSweeney's 76: AFTERSHOCKS, a new anthology of Syrian literature from McSweeney's Magazine here: store.mcsweeneys.net/products/mcswe… Episode here: lnk.to/GN89Oh

On the 2nd anniversary of the devastating earthquake on #Syria / #Turkiye border: a story I began reporting then (2023) about what it would mean for the world’s largest refugee population & the world’s leading refugees host. Ofc w/the fall of Assad, it took an unexpected turn…

All our guests on Bulaq are wonderful, but this conversation with Alia Malek عليا مالك, just back from Damascus, about Syrian writing and story-telling was a real pleasure and revelation to me and I'm sure it will be to you too.

Issue 35: What is violence for? | Coming soon.

I’ve been off this platform for many reasons, but I loved working w the great folks at The Point Magazine & being asked to ponder “what is violence for?” Finished while in Syria last month teetering on edge of sectarian abyss

From the issue 35 symposium, Alia Malek عليا مالك on the Assad regime’s legacy of violence and trauma, and one scientist’s journey to understand what this legacy means for the body: thepointmag.com/politics/what-…