Monthly Archives: November 2013
Meditation on the destruction of Aleppo, Homs and the Syrian urban centres
Can life spring out of death, can history be reborn out of its ashes, and can heritage be restored? Can a city reduced to debris and melted concrete rise again? Can archaeology exist without archaeology because it has either been … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Annihilation, Atchitecture, Civilization, Concrete, Concrete rubble, Destruction, Destruction of cities and habitats, Ecology, Enviornment, Images, Ruins, Syria, The shortcoming of concrete
Tagged Alisar Iram: articles, annihilation, Arab Islamic civilization, Concrete, Concrete debris and rubble, Concrete rubble, destruction, Ecology, Enviornment, Syria, syrian regime, Syrian towns and cities, The disasters and shortcomings of concrete of concrete, Urban centres
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The Syrian Holocaust and the Philippines Haiyan Typhoon
The difference is that the victims of the typhoon are recognized as victims, while the victims of the Assadi regime are as good as invisible most of the time and when they are visible, they are predominantly vilified as the … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Destruction, Destruction of cities and habitats, International relief and aid, suffering, Syria, Syrian army, Syrian people, The Philippenese, Typhoon
Tagged Aid organizations, Alisar Iram: articles, destruction, International relief and aid, suffering, Syria, Syrian army, syrian regime, The Philippenese, Victims
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With my body I shall warm you, little brother
Picture by Nino Fezza NINO Fezza cinereporter Hello World …Old pictures … but always present … winter has arrived … Children of Syria, remember them..remember them.
Posted in Children of Syria, Homelessness, Refugees, Syria, Victims, Winter
Tagged Children of Syria, Homelessness, image, Refugees, suffering, Syria, Victims, Winter
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Ibla in danger: more damage, illegal excavations and vandalization of the site
My sources for the following report are the the Syrian General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums (DGAMS) and Le patrimoine archéologique syrien en danger الآثار السورية في خطر Both sources list and record the damage caused to the site by new … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Ibla, Illegal excavations, Images, Looting and trafficking in antiquities, Syria, Syrian Archaeology and antiquities, Syrian Heritage
Tagged Alisar Iram: articles, Civilization, history, Ibla, Illegal excavations, Images, Syria, Syrian heritage and antiquities, trafficking in antiquities
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What does it mean to Syria and to the world if Assad stays
1. Breaking the spirit of Syria and destroying its will. 2. Putting the seal of approval on the claim that all has been in vain, that all is lost: the dreams, the idealistic aspirations , the quest for emancipation and … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram's art, Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Bashar Al-Assad, Freedom, Human Rights, Humanity, Humanity and human values, Super powers, Syria, Syrian people, Syrian regime, The Syrian Revolution, The world, Tyranny
Tagged Al-Qaida, Alisar Iram: articles, Alisar's art, Arab Spring, Bashar Al-Assad, Death, freedom, history, Human Rights, humanity, Morality and ethics, politics, suffering, Super powers, Syria, Syrian Revolution, The Syrian people, unspeakable acts, violence
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Devastated Old Aleppo revisited in images: Civilization is diminished
All that destroys life and innocence is my enemy. All that unmakes, all that reduces into nothingness or annihilates and obliterates, is my foe and my slayer. All that negates existence or smothers the life forces of man and nature, … Continue reading
Posted in Aleppo, Alisar Iram's art, Alisar Iram: art of ruins, Annihilation, Arab Islamic art, Archaeology, architecture, Civilization, Destruction of cities and habitats, Images, Syria, Syrian Archaeology and antiquities, Syrian army, Syrian Heritage, The Great Omayyad Mosque pf Aleppo, The Madina Souk of Aleppo, The minaret of the Great Omayyad Mosque of Aleppo
Tagged Aleppo, Alisar Iram, Alisar Iram's art, Alisar Iram: art of ruins, annihilation, Arab Islamic civilization, Architectural ornament and designs, destruction, Images, Syria, Syrian architecture, Syrian heritage and antiquities, The Great Mosque of Aleppo, The Madina Souk, The minaret of the Great Mosque of Aleppo
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Art is Civilization and a civilizing discipline: The Angel of the Trumpet
I must remember that I am an artist. I must remember my paintings, my etchings, my ceramics and my glass sculptures. The sorrows of Syria, the irredeemably harrowing o pain of the children of Syria and my bearing witness to them have almost severed my life-giving relationship … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram's art, Arab Islamic art, Arab Islamic Civilization, Ceramics, Civilization
Tagged Alisar Iram's ceramics, Alisar's art, Arab Islamic civilization, Arab Islamic art, Ceramics, Porcelain plate, Syria, The art of manuscripts and illumination, The art of manuscripts and iluumination
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