Monthly Archives: February 2014
Leighton House Museum, Sir Richard Burton, Syrian Ceramics, the Syrian Revolution and I
I woke up this morning missing my life as a potter, missing the clay, missing its feel and textures for there is a difference to the touch between porcelain and stoneware and between earthenware and stoneware, clays out of which … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram's art, Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Arab Islamic art, Damascus, Iznik Tiles, Language of ornament, Leighton House Mureum, Leighton House Museum, Lord Frederick Leighton, Mamluk and Ottoman Syrian tiles, Pottery, Richard Francis Burton, Syrian ceramics, Syrian tiles, Victorian art, William De Morgan
Tagged Alisar Iram's art, Alisar Iram's articles, Alisar Iram: ceramics, Damascus, Damascus ceramics, Damascus ceramics in the 15 and the 16th centuries, Geometric and floral, Histoty of art, Iznik tiles, Language of ornament, Leighton House Museum, Lord Frederick Leighton, Mamluk and Ottoman ceramic tiles, Mamluk and Ottoman Damascus tiles, pottery, Richard Francis Burton, Syria, The Arab Hall, The Arabian Nights, The art of the potter, Victorian Art, William De Morgan
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There will always be a Syria and a Syrian Revolution
http://therepublicgs.net/2014/02/18/there-will-always-be-a-syria-and-a-syrian-revolution/ By Alisar Iram Mars the bringer of war A great deal of what is being written about the Syrian Revolution at this stage is descriptive and diagnostic. In fact the patient is on the verge of extinction because of … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Annihilation, Civilian struggle and activism, Civilization, Freedom, French Revolution, FSA, Human Rights, Humanity and human values, ISIS, Islam, Islamic civilization, Islamists, Legacy of the Syrian Revolution, Morality, Qaeda, Regime's militias, Syria, Syrian Heritage, Syrian people, Syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, therepublic, Tyranny, Violence
Tagged Al Qaeda affiliates, Alisar Iram: articles, Arab Islamic civilization, Civilization, Enlightenment, French Revolution, Human Rights, humanity, ISIS, Islamists, Legacy of the Syrian Revolution, Literature of enlightenment, Qaeda, Syria, Syrian heritage and antiquities, Syrian people, syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, Universal ethics, unspeakable acts, violence
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Stephen Hawking on Syria
It matters, it matters a lot that one of the world’s greatest thinkers, a humanist at heart, is declaring what he thinks of the war in Syria and the failure of humanity to stop it. His point of view … Continue reading
Posted in Civilization, Ethics, Humanitarian aid, Humanity, Humanity and human values, Scientist, Stephen Hawking, Syria, Syrian Children, Syrian people, Univese
Tagged Children of Syria, Civilization, destruction, Ethical values, Ethics, humanity, Scientist, Stephen Hawking, suffering, Syria, The Syrian people, Universe
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Thoughts on love and the Syrian revolution
A Prayer Let love be greater than pain and the terror of suffering. let it hold pain in its arms and sing it to sleep peacefully. Let love be mightier than hate. Let love softly softly breathe the kiss … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Children of Syria, Compassion, Death, Destruction, Hell, Humanity, Images, Love, Meditation, Reflections, suffering, Syrian army, Syrian Heritage, Syrian people, The Syrian Revolution, Thoughts, Victims
Tagged Alisar Iram: articles, Compassion, Human values, humanity, Invocation, Love, spirituality, suffering, Syria, Syrian people, syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, Victims
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The library of the Great Omayyad Mosque in Aleppo, the Waqfiyya library goes up in flames
Originally posted on alisariram:
Waqfiyya I am going to update this posting then reblog it in view of fresh material I was able to collect on the Waqfiyya library before it was set to fire. My old post is immediately below the added…
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Cosmic Dance: Dervishes whirl in space
Cosmic Dance: Dervishes whirl in space Posted on February 2, 2014by alisariram I think whoever visits my blog will be quite bewildered because of the intersection between images of loveliness and images of horror, images of the flight of the soul into realms of beauty and … Continue reading
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