Category Archives: Nature
The Magnolia tree, a tree of life, a tree of beauty. I give it to you Syria of the Sorrows
©Alisar Iram
The Spring and the earth that was, the spring of fire and devastation that is
As the spring approaches and the countryside, the Ghouta, around Damascus, where I come from, wakes up to destruction and devastation and trembles to the clamor and uproar of the bombing, the shelling and the scud missiles, I yearn for … Continue reading
The Ghouta, farms and orchards, of Damascus
The Ghouta, farms and orchards, of Damascus.
The Ghouta, farms and orchards, of Damascus
This post which I am updating now, was published a few months ago. The situation in the Gouta has deteriorated gravely since then. Two million people used to live in the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus Now only one million people are left to … Continue reading