Category Archives: Freedom
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
On the Third Anniversary of the Syrian Revolution: images
بمناسبة العيد الثالث للثورة السورية كالعنقاء ستنهض سوريا وتحمل الى العالم روحا من روحها Behold the tree of life Syria will rise again and the Syrian people will be free Variation on a theme by Bansky © Alisar Iram Please … Continue reading
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
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
Some diverse thoughts and reflections inspired by the Syrian Revolution
Sensibilities The only thing that brute force and armed tyranny cannot defeat is the intellect and the soul. Even if they kill and destroy many of us the word will live, the thought will live, the creative energy of the Revolution will … Continue reading
The Syrian Revolution and Victorian London
It is strange how when we write about suffering and agony we seem to connect with all those who suffered the tyranny of fate and injustice now and in times past. Yesterday I wrote the short piece below and a … Continue reading
Protest is the Heroism that tyranny can crush but cannot wipe out from our collective memory
Protest is the Heroism that tyranny can crush, but cannot wipe out from our collective memory There came a time when the Syrian people could no longer say yes to tyranny and maintain silence, pretending that surrendering their will … Continue reading
What does it mean to Syria and to the world if Assad stays
1. Breaking the spirit of Syria and destroying its will. 2. Putting the seal of approval on the claim that all has been in vain, that all is lost: the dreams, the idealistic aspirations , the quest for emancipation and … Continue reading
Syria for Sale: سوريا للبيع
They are selling Syria for thirty pieces of silver: the chemical weapons. They will get their chemical weapons or the promise of them then wash their hands off the blood of the Syrian people like Pilate, leaving Christ alone to … Continue reading
Art: the tortured soul between slavery and ecstasy
Though be pain, suffering and baptism by fire, the blue rainbow is waiting and there will be freedom and emancipation. Let us imagine that breaking from our chains is but the dance of the tortured soul between slavery and ecstasy. … Continue reading