Category Archives: Destruction of cities and habitats

Syria Aleppo Before Civil War

  Aleppo has sustained terrible damage during the current war in Syria. The scud missiles, intensive indiscriminate bombardment by the Syrian army of Assad including bombing with barrel bombs has almost annihilated the Old city and vast residential areas. The … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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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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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Have you heard my civilized…very civilized world what is happening in Aleppo? God save me and save you from the eye doctor

To the unseen courageous people who visit my blog and brave its tragic contents, to my guests, please bear with me because were it not that I m writing for you and to you, the untold suffering I am bearing … 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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The Syrian Holocaust and the Philippines Haiyan Typhoon

The difference is that the victims of the typhoon are recognized as victims, while the victims of the Assadi regime are as good as invisible most of the time and when they are visible, they are predominantly vilified as the … 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

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