Category Archives: Children
The Lost: a poem about a girl dying of cold
In this poem, I imagine a Syrian girl in her late teens dying, being the last of her family, after she and her family had witnessed the destruction of their village by the Syrian government war planes, which forced them to flee. … Continue reading
UNICEF has launched a worldwide appeal to save Syria’s children
UNICEF has launched a worldwide appeal to save Syria’s children.
UNICEF has launched a worldwide appeal to save Syria’s children
UNICEF has launched an appeal to save Syria’s children this winter. The weather conditions in Syria are very severe in the winter specially in the hilly areas and the desert, where the refugee camps in Jordan have been erected. Please note that … Continue reading
A child clutching her necklace in a hospital
The Slain American children, the slain Syrian children: they are the children of the world
The slain Syrian children, the slain American children: they are my children, your children, the children of the world. Whenever and wherever a child dies by violence that constitutes a failure of our love and a failure of our humanity. They were born to … Continue reading
The Massacre of Aqrab
Aqrab is a village near Hama in Syria ( please see maps). Three days ago it witnessed a heart-breaking massacre, terrible in its impact and its execution. The cult of death has taken over in Syria. It has become too … Continue reading
The picture of today
The Lost Children of Syria; children with no hope (2)
The images below are images posted to Facebook by activists. I have no way of tracing the names of the people who took them. They have one thing in common: children whom the world have forgotten. … Continue reading
The Lost Children of Syria; children with no hope
The Lost Children of Syria; children with no hope.
The Lost Children of Syria; children with no hope
The images below are images posted to Facebook by activists. I have no way of tracing the names of the people who took them. The images have one thing in common: children whom the world have forgotten.