We Are Syrians

We Are Syrians is an autobiographical memoir by Sana Mustafa, Naila Al Atrash, and Radwan Ziadeh.

[2] Al Atrash is the granddaughter of Sultan Pasha al-Atrash a famous military hero of the first Syrian Revolution.

[2] Mustafa, a university student in Damascus, takes part in peaceful protests against the government of Bashar al-Assad.

[1] While on an educational exchange program in USA, she is notified by text message that her father is detained and that her family are fleeing to Turkey.

[1][2] Rebecca Foster, writing for Foreword Reviews, complimented the editors for letting the three subjects tell their own stories and noted that the book is likely to provoke increased empathy from Western readers towards people affected by the Syria Civil War.