Category Archives: Aleppo
MEDITATION ON THE DESTRUCTION OF ALEPPO, HOMS AND THE SYRIAN URBAN CENTRES
http://www.thewhy.com/meditation-destruction-aleppo-homs-syrian-urban-centres/ Published in The Why 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Aleppo, Alisar's notes and articles, Annihilation, Concrete, Concrete rubble, Destruction, Homs, Syria, Syria's cultural heritage, Syrian regime, Syrian Revolution
Tagged Aleppo, Alisar Iram: articles, Civilization, concrete. concrete debris. rebuilding, destruction, Homs, Syria, Syrian heritage and antiquities, syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, violence
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A painting soaked in the blood of the child who painted it and a school destroyed by a missile in a never ending story
Pictures from an exhibition In a school in Aleppo the teachers thought to offer the war children some relief and the chance to express their feelings about the war … Continue reading
Posted in Aleppo, Alisar's notes and aerticles, Children of Syria, Ein Jalout School in Aleppo, Images, Syria, Syrian army, Syrian Children's art, Victims, Video
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Starvation and more starvation in Syria
This is part of a report I compiled and wrote in October 2003. The areas under siege then are still under siege ,in addition to reported starvation in Raqqa and part of Aleppo because the Syrian people have now to … Continue reading
Posted in Aleppo, Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Ghouta of Damascus, Humanity, ISIS, Qaeda, Raqqa, Starvation and malnutrition in Syria, Starvation in Syria, Starving Syrian children, suffering, Syria, Syrian people, Syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, Victims
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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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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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Old Aleppo and its Great Mosque are but memories the butchers of cities left to us?
I have written a lot about the annihilation of the Syrian Cities and the destruction of Syria’s cultural heritage, mainly by the regime’s air borne, Sarin free, weapons of mass destruction: missiles, fighter jets, helicopter gunships and the like. This … Continue reading
Bearing witness: the destruction of the Old city of Aleppo, the second oldest city in the world, Part three continued
All 4 parts of the documentation of the destruction of Ancient Aleppo will be updated to include more damage to heritage as it occurs. I am going to continue with Part Three of my documentation of the damage inflicted upon the cultural … Continue reading
Posted in Aleppo, Alisar's notes and articles, Arab Islamic art, Archaeology, architecture, Art, Civilization, Destruction of cities and habitats, photographs, Syria, Syrian Archaeology and antiquities, Syrian Heritage, Syrian people, Syrian regime, The Khans of Aleppo
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