Burleigh has written about her visits to Iraq , her mother 's country of birth , both as a child and later in life as a journalist . She has also written about her maternal grandmother 's escape from the Assyrian genocide during World War I in the context of present-day refugee crises . Burleigh worked in the Middle East for many years , including covering the politics of the Israeli settlements for Time Magazine , the emerging effect of Islamists on women in the wake of the Arab Spring for '' Slate '' and '' Time '' , and the politics and science of Biblical archaeology in Israel for her book '' Unholy Business '' and for the '' Los Angeles Times ''
Assyrian genocide
Assyrian genocide
Nina Burleigh