Alia Malek
Alia Malek | |
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| Born | 1974 |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, lawyer |
| Years active | 2000–present |
Alia Malek (born 1974) is an American journalist and lawyer.
Early life and career
Malek was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1974. Her parents had immigrated to the United States from Syria. Malek graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1996.[1] She then earned a law degree at Georgetown University Law Center. She worked as a civil rights lawyer at the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and later went back to school to obtain a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. She published her first book in 2009, A Country Called Amreeka. From 2011 to 2013, she lived in Damascus, Syria. Her memoir The Home That Was Our Country is based on this period.[2] She also worked as a senior writer for Al Jazeera America.[3] Her stories have appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Times and The Nation.
Works
- 2009 A Country Called Amreeka: Arab Roots, American Stories
- 2011 Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice (editor)
- 2017 The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria
Awards
- 2016 - Hiett Prize[4]
References
- ^ Synder, Julie (February 1999). "Alumni Notes". Johns Hopkins Magazine.
- ^ Tcacik, Christina (March 10, 2017). "Baltimore native Alia Malek endures war-torn Syria to tell of 'Home That Was Our Country'". The Baltimore Sun.
- ^ Spalding, Emily (November 21, 2016). "Q&A: Alia Malek, reporter and civil rights lawyer". The Daily Princetonian.
- ^ Granberry, Michael (November 7, 2016). "Syrian-American author Alia Malek captures Dallas' $50,000 Hiett Prize in the Humanities". Dallas Morning News.