Category Archives: Civilization
The pottery of ancient Tell Halaf, in Syria, and my ceramics
The love affair between me and the ancient pottery of Tell Halaf started when a friend of mine, a fellow potter and a university lecturer lent me some of his books about ancient Mesopotamia and the history of archaeological excavations there. … Continue reading
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Krak des Chevaliers: images of the latest damage to a world heritage site and one of the greatest castles in Syria
My method for recording damage to cultural sites in Syria has always been, first, to give a synopsis of the history of the damaged monuments with pictures if available, then to give an account of the damage mostly in pictures … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Archaeology, Civilization, Crusader Castle, Destruction, Images, Krak des Chevaliers, Syria, Syrian Archaeology and antiquities, Syrian Heritage, World Heritage Site
Tagged Alisar's notes and articles, Civilization, Crusader Castle, destruction, Krak des Chevaliers, Syria, Syrian heritage and antiquities, World heritage site
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Myth and the Syrian Revolution: A tribute to the Syrian people on the occasion of the third anniversary of the Syrian Revolution
I have always been interested in myth for I see life mirrored in myth and myth mirrored in life. My first book was about myths and legends. A myth is an archetypal kind of story which manifests creatively the workings … Continue reading
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Tagged Alisar Iram's art, Alisar Iram: articles, Death, destruction, freedom, Genocide, Myth, Prometheus, suffering, Syria, Syrian people, syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, Sysiphus, The common man and the common woman, The Syrian people, The thirf anniversary of the Syrian Revolution, unspeakable acts
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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
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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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Where to Syria of the Sorrows?
( I consider the following article as one of my most important articles on the Syrian Revolution) I started this article 2 weeks ago, before the convening of Geneva 2 in Switzerland on the 22nd of January. This fact does … Continue reading
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تأملات بشأن ابادة حلب و حمص و التجمعات المدنية السورية
https://alisariram.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/meditation-on-the-destruction-of-aleppo-homs-and-the-syrian-urban-centres/ هل باستطاعة الحياة أن تبعث من جديد بعد الموت؟ هل يستطيع التاريخ أن يولد مرة اخرى ويتهض من رماده ؟ هل باستطاعةالتراث أن يعاد ترميمه ؟ هل لمدينة حولت إلى حطام و باطون مذاب أن تقوم من جديد؟ هل … Continue reading
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Meditation on the destruction of Aleppo, Homs and the Syrian urban centres
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 because it has either been … Continue reading
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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
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