Category Archives: Destruction
Videos two years old but still relevant
The first video was made in 2012. The images of the children are dated and have become history now. video is dedicated to the children of Syria. They have been subjected to the horrors of war on an apocalyptic scale. … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram's art, Alisar Iram's poems, Annihilation, Children of Syria, Destruction, Destruction of cities and habitats, Images, Syria, Syrian Children, Syrian regime, Video
Tagged Alisar Iram's poetry and art, Alisar Iram: Videos, Crimes against humanity, destruction, destruction of cities and habitats, Syfferin, syrian regime, Syris, The chilfren of Syria, The Syrian Revolution
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Further damage to Syria’s cultural heritage: Illegal excavations at Ibla and more International efforts to safeguard Syria’s Heritage
Damage to the site of Ibla in Syria (Tell Mardikh, near Idlib) caused by illegal excavations and vandalization of the site carried out by locals, fighters and agents of organized trafficking in antiquities. The article on the subject and images were published … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Destruction, Ibla, Illegal excavations, Syria, Syria's cultural heritage, Syrian Archaeology and antiquities, UNESCO, Vandalization
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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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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
Posted in Alisar's notes and aerticles, Annihilation, Crime against humanity, Destruction, Destruction of cities and habitats, Homs, Images, Syria, Syria war crimes'evidence, Syria's cultural heritage, Syrian Heritage, Syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, Testimony, Violence, War crimes
Tagged Alisar's notes and articles, annihilation, Arab Islamic civilization, Bashar Al-Assad, Children of Syria, Homs, Human Rights, humanity, Images, Syria: a crime against humanity, syrian government, Syrian heritage and antiquities, syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, unspeakable acts, violence, War crime
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الأسطورة وثورة الشعب السوري Myth and the Syrian Revolution
See also the English version: https://alisariram.wordpress.com/myth-and-the-syrian-revolution-a-tribute-to-the-syrian-people/ كنت دائما مهتمة بالأسطورة و ذلك لأنني أرى فيها انعكاسا للحياة كما أرى في الحياة انعكاسا للاسطورة. وكان أول كتاب نشرلي يدور حول الأساطير و القصص الخرافية. الأسطورة هي نوع خارق او امثولي من القصص … Continue reading
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Tagged Alisar Iram's articles, Alisar Iram: art of ruins, Civilization, Compassion, destruction, freedom, Heroism. Myth, Human spirit, humanity, Images, morality, Prometheus, Sisyphus, suffering, Syria, Syrian people, syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, The world, unspeakable acts, Victims, violence
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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
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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
Posted in Alisar Iram's art, Alisar Iram: articles and notes, civilians, Civilization, Common man and woman, Destruction, Freedom, genocide, Heroism, Humanity, Humanity and human values, Myth, Prometheus, suffering, Syria, Syrian people, Syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, Sysiphus, The Third Anniversary of the Syrian Revolution, The world
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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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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I believe Christ would choose this year to be born in Syria among the ruins of Syria
The three kings in robes of crimson and purple Halt As the gleaming star they have been following Suddenly changes course. In bewilderment, They draw themselves to their full height And put on their shining crowns. At dawn, they … Continue reading
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