"FAREWELL, ALEPPO - Syria Of The Past When Jews, Muslims & Christians Lived In Peace"

SHOW GUEST: Claudette Sutton

When we hear the word Syria, we think perpetual civil war, ISIS, and a death toll nearing a quarter million.

Most of us aren't aware of the Syria described in journalist Claudette Sutton's new memoir, Farewell Aleppo,

which explores Syria in her father's day, just prior to World War II, a time when Jews, Muslims and

Christians lived side by side as they had for centuries, attending school together, living and practicing

what they believed. At the heart of Claudette's book are values passed down from her elders that could help

recreate that peaceful existence once again, embracing the commonalities we all share, while simultaneously

preserving the history, resilience and legacy of her family.