Category Archives: Alisar’s notes and aerticles
Funereal Sculptures Confiscated in Palmyra and an Exhibition calling for the protection of Syria’s cultural heritge
Archeological Sculptures confiscated in Palmyra مصادرة مجموعة قطع أثرية في تدمر On 12/06/2014, the Directorate of Antiquities in Palmyra had received from the concerned authorities in Palmyra, ten funerary reliefs dating back to the second and third centuries. .The … Continue reading
Is this World War 2? No it is Homs as Assad has re-designed it
The great architect, the inimitable designer and planner of cities, the unique demolisher, the superb wrecker, Assad of Syria has created a masterpiece of ruins Hiroshima cannot vie with. This heap of broken images, this wasteland, this NOTHING, this primordial … Continue reading
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
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
The story of Father Paolo Dall’Oglio and the picturesque craggy Deir Mar Mousa of the lovely frescoes where he lived and preached love
This is the story of a priest who fell in love with an ancient country and its people, a colorful country with amazing diversity and vitality, a country which watched the first steps of mankind towards civilization. One day on … Continue reading
My reflections: are the chemical weapons the heart of the matter or the fate of Syria and the Syrian people
A friend of mine living in the ruins of Aleppo said to me: “The truth is that they have betrayed us as human beings because they never really saw us as human beings, as human beings separate from politics and … Continue reading
The Anti-war Campaigners would do better to shout :Hands off Syria, Assad
Below are some of my thoughts on the Anti-war Movement and the antiwar campaigners , in addition to the infiltrators: the Assadis who are exploiting the war-weary West To the Anti-war Movement What are you talking about? Is Syria the human sacrifice … Continue reading
To strike or not to strike
I am posting this article again as it appeared in Therepublic, a courageous, independent, enlightened and leading platform, for voicing opinions and commentaries on Syria and its struggle for freedom and fight against tyranny http://therepublicgs.net/2013/08/31/to-strike-not-to-strike-or-how-to-strike/ To strike, not to strike, or … Continue reading
Inaction versus human values
I wrote the article below two days before the No vote in the British Parliament. The vote when it took place saddened me immensely, so I am posting my comments on the vote, hoping they will be read before the … Continue reading
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