Loubna Mrie

Loubna Mrie was raised a staunch Syrian Alawite, the same sect as then-President Hafez al-Assad. Her mother's father helped plan the coup that saw Hafez seize power in 1970 and bring the Alawites out of hiding and into a position of total control. Her father was intimately involved in Hafez's government as an enforcer and assassin. When the Arab Spring...