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On The Lede, Loubna Mrie @loubnamrie joins Faisal Al Yafai @faisalalyafai to discuss her memoir “Defiance,” which she says was written to show how authoritarianism shaped not only Syria’s politics but also her own family life growing up in an Alawite community with a violent father. Mrie reflects on once believing the state propaganda, the sectarian dynamics that fueled the Syrian uprising and the sense of betrayal her Alawite community felt when she joined the revolt against Bashar al-Assad. Sh