Monthly Archives: February 2013
Bearing witness:The children of Syria, the new born of Syria, the babies of Syria, the toddlers of Syria, I present them to you
I have to continue bearing witness for the children of Syria, to continue addressing the conscience of the world and drawing attention to the little people of Syria. What Chance has a new born or a baby against the Scud missiles raining erratically on peaceful villages … Continue reading
Bearing witness: I present to you the children of Syria
Bear with me good people of the world, but I do need the mercy of God or the mercy of the universe to continue collecting images of dead and maimed children in order to prepare them for posting. I need … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar's notes and articles, Bearing witness, Children, Children of Syria, Crimes against humanity, Death, Destruction of cities and habitats, Images, photographs, Syria, Syrian regime, Victims
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Syria’s children hide underground in caves to escape the fighting
Posted in Caves, Children, Children of Syria, Images, Rfugees, Syria, Video
Tagged Children of Syria, Images. Art, Video
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Bearing witness to a child bearing witness: a child’s tale, a child’s testimony. Nayef is his name
I need help. I cannot bear witness on my own. If I feel that other people are sharing this child’s innocent dignified sorrow with me, I might be able to continue. He is a child yet he has been wrenched out of … Continue reading
Posted in Aleppo, Alisar's notes and articles, Annihilation, Bearing witness, Children of Syria, Death, Destruction, Images, Notes, Scud missiles, Syria, Syrian people, Syrian regime, Video
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Syria’s tragedy wins prizes
I am not being critical or disappointing because these gifted photographers risked their lives in order to shoot these photographs and bring them to the attention of the world. I am only recording what I feel on the subject. Artists and photographers … Continue reading
Bearing witness: the victims of the bombing in Aleppo on 19 February 2013 by the Syrian Regime. Rescuing the dead and the living from under the rubble
Video made by a citizen journalist
الحب والمدينة المعذبة Love made a garden
فوق المدينة المحطَمة المدينة التي تتساقط فوقها القنابل وتعبث فوق البيوت المشتعلة البيوت التي يرقد الاطفال فيها في احضان العدم وقف الحب في فضاء القيامة وصرخ ملتاعا اين الامهات لا امَهات اين الآباء لاآباء بل اين الاخوة والآخوات لااخوة ولا … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar's poems, Arabic, Art, graveyard, Images, Love, Poems, Syria
Tagged Alisar's poems, Death, image, Poem, spirituality, Syria, Victims
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Love creates a garden in the graveyard
I do not know why the picture below, posted to Facebook, caught my imagination. Perhaps I saw a message in it: while the terrible bombardment of Homs, the blitz of Homs, goes on, love recedes to the graveyards. Love so tenderly and … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar's poems, Death, graveyard, Images, Love, Notes, Syria
Tagged Alisar's poems, Death, image, spirituality, Syria
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The colour red, red is the name of Syria now
Posted in Alisar's notes and articles, Annihilation, Death, Images, Notes, Syria
Tagged annihilation, image, Images. Art, Syria
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The Syrian blitz revisited
Video by Alisar Iram, August 2012 The images below are chosen from recent examples of annihilation. Posted by an activist and edited, blitz 2
Posted in Annihilation, Art, Destruction, Images, Music, Poems, Syria, Syrian Heritage, Syrian people, The Syrian Revolution, Victims
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