> I sit here, armed with this knowledge, and I think to myself quite shamefully, You can take the man out of Syria but you can't take Syria out of the man.

The author can be damn shamed about that reasoning. I hope she only take it for granted for herself and not every Syrian on earth.

> I suppose, when you come from a family that is named after a gun, you will, in all likelihood, die by that gun.

Well, no. I seem to recall from reading the article 5 minutes ago that her great-grandfather was actually a nice guy.