Monthly Archives: July 2013
The people under the debris: we cannot take humanity out of a human tragedy,leaving only politics
The author Yasssin Al Haj Saleh, who was imprisoned by the Syrian authorities for sixteen years, tells us: In writing about prison and imprisonment, lies the imperative to tear the belly of the prison apart in order to extract the individuals out of it, one by … Continue reading
Bearing witness: the destruction of Homs. Under this rubble,melting stone and concrete, there lie the remains of human beings who once lived, struggled, dreamed and begat children.
The author Yasssin Al Haj Saleh, who was imprisoned by the Syrian authorities for sixteen years, tells us: In writing about prison and imprisonment, lies the imperative to tear the belly of the prison apart in order to extract the individuals out of it, one by … Continue reading
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Bearing witness: The destruction of Homs, the third largest city in Syria. The mosque of Khalid Ibn Al Walid is under attack
Khalid Ibn Al Walid Mosque, the beating heart of Homs The Syrian regime has been systematically, ruthlessly, methodically erasing Homs and its rebelling inhabitants since the onslaught on Baba Amr in the spring of 1912. The devastation of Baba Amr, … Continue reading
Help Syria now. Tomorrow it may be too late: open letter to the intellectuals and opinion makers in the West
This article by the dissident writer Yassin Al Haj Saleh was first published in Arabic, then was translated into French (see my last post but one), Spanish and English, appearing successively in several Arab newspapers, Le Monde, El Mundo and the Guardian. … Continue reading
The Ghouta, farms and orchards, of Damascus
Originally posted on alisariram:
The Ghouta burns. Digital image by© Alisar Iram This post which I am updating now, was published a few months ago. The situation in the Gouta has deteriorated gravely since then. Two million people used to live in…
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Letter to the intelligentsia, and opinion makers of the West by the Syrian writer Yassin Al Haj Saleh
The letter is published below in Arabic and French رسالة إلى المثقفين وقادة الرأي العام في الغرب ياسين الحاج صالح 28 حزيران 2013 الأصدقاء الأعزاء.. قبل نحو ثلاثة شهور قصدتُ منطقة الغوطة الشرقية «المحررة» تاركًا خلفي العاصمة دمشق التي بات … Continue reading
Lest we forget and lest the world forgets: Peaceful protest and demonstrations
Watching on TV the Egyptians demonstrate peacefully in their hundred of thousands in order to take up their Revolution once more, I go back in my mind to the beginnings of the Syrian Revolution. The world, especially the world media … Continue reading
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