Monthly Archives: November 2012
Violence and Nonviolence
Violence and Nonviolence.
Violence and Nonviolence
My comments on a debate started on Facebook concerning the violence of the Syrian regime and the responsibility towards removing the regime and its violence: The revolution did not move from its peaceful civil protests to the armed phase out … Continue reading
Ode to Freedom نشيد الحرية
Image: ©Alisar Iram They who are embraced by freedom And touched by its wings of yearning and passion Shall have no peace shall have no home Shall have no rest Shall have no loves But the consuming flames of sacrifice … Continue reading
Ode to Freedom نشيد الحرية
Ode to Freedom نشيد الحرية.
Sanctuary
The following comes as a comment on an article by Yassin Al-Haj Saleh published today at Al-Hayat:ثورة سورية أم ثورة إسلامية في سورية؟ A Syrian Revolution or an Islamic Revolution in Syria: This is a sound analysis by Yassin Al-Haj Saleh who, … Continue reading
The Shadow of Death
Assad’s Annihilation agents Were Here I have used Goya’s famous image of the Reaper to help me express my anguish at the trail of destruction left by the Syrian government forces as they rearrange the geography of Syria creating a … Continue reading
Freedom
Syria dies so that there will be freedom Dante, Tagore, Jefferson, Gibran, Beethoven, Darwish, Nizar Kabbani, to name but the few, and all the great visionaries, poets and prophets of freedom, stand with us and kneel with us at the … Continue reading
Hello world!
This is my first post in my new hopefully shining blog despite the sad subject and the sad contents I am going to display. The tragedy of Syria and the Syrian people concerns me because I am a Syrian British, but mainly … Continue reading