Monthly Archives: December 2013
Happy New Year Syria
Light your candles For Syria tonight Give light tonight As the New Year is ushered in Give light To the mother of humanity Light your candles my friends And add one year to ten thousand years. The figure is that … Continue reading
Women and the state of the Syrian Revolution at the present
Revolutions are great mass movements carrying within themselves the promise to stop time for a while then perform a jump either to the future, or bend upon themselves to jump backwards and revert to a point in time where dichotomies … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Da'ish, Human Rights of women, Islamists, Nusra Front, Syrian Archaeology and antiquities, The role of women, The Syrian Revolution, Women
Tagged Alisar Iram: articles, Daísh, Syria, Syrian Revolution, The human rights of women, The Islamists, The Nusra Front, The role of women, women
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I believe Christ would choose this year to be born in Syria among the ruins of Syria
The three kings in robes of crimson and purple Halt As the gleaming star they have been following Suddenly changes course. In bewilderment, They draw themselves to their full height And put on their shining crowns. At dawn, they … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram's art, Alisar Iram's poems, Christmas, Destruction, Ruins, Syria
Tagged Alisar Iram's art, Alisar Iram's peotry, Christmas, destruction, Ruins, suffering, Syria
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الحب والمدينة المعذبة Love made a garden ) Reblogged
The kingdom of death multiplies in Syria. I am choking with death. A friend reposted this image and poem of mine today on Facebook, therefore I decided to do the same and reblog my post. When death reigns love collects … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram's poems, Alisar Iram: art of ruins, Death, Love, Syria
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Remembering my friend and my illumination
The poet and the artist are disappearing in me as my involvement with the suffering of the Syria people governs my life more and more. But last night I dreamed about my paintings specially about an illumination which I made … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram's art, gold leaf, Gouache on papper, Illumination
Tagged Alisar Iram's art, go;d ink, gold leaf, Gouache on paper, illumination, Images. Art, Poem
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To the civilized world, the very civilized world الى العالم المتحضر…..المتحضر جدا
I followed on the TV screens the local attempts in Aleppo to pull out the civilians from under the debris and shattered walls of concrete which were their homes. I am not going to mention the more than one hundred … Continue reading
Posted in Aleppo, Alisar's notes and aerticles, Heavy machinery for lifting debris, Images, Life saving equipment, Syria, Syrian people, Syrian regime, The suffering of the Syrian people, Victims, Violence
Tagged Alisar Iram's articles, Heavy machinery for lifting debris, Life saving equipment, Saving the trapped under debris, Syria, syrian regime, The civilized world, The Syrian people, unspeakable acts, violence
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القتل الرحيم (euthanasia)
The poor world does not really wish to continue to witness the death of the Syrians, by fire, by water, by starvation, by disease, by Scud missiles, by chemical weapons, by the nice Russian- made war planes, by torture, by … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Extreme weather conditions, Freezing weather, Homelessness, Images, merciful killing, suffering, Syria, Syrian people, Syrian refugees inside and outside
Tagged Alisar Iram: articles, euthanasia, Extreme weather conditions, freezing to death, suffering, Syria, Syrian refugees inside and outside
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Have you heard? They are dying of cold in Syria? (2)
Have you heard, O have you heard?
Posted in Alisar Iram: art of ruins, Exposure to the elements, Freezing weather, Rfugees, suffering, Syria, Syrian people, Syrian refugee camps
Tagged Alisar Iram's art, Bearing witness, Exposure to the cold, Extreme weather conditions, Human Rights, humanity, image, Refugee Camps, starvation, Syria, Syrian people
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Farewell to Syria, for a while: في وداع سورية… مؤقتا
Originally posted on alisariram:
Farewell to Syria, for a while By Yassin Al Haj Saleh October 12, 2013 I have tried hard for the last two and a half years to stay in Syria. It was important for me as…
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