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Bearing witness: The annihilation of Homs, its Old City,its cultural and religious sites, its history, heritage and earth: Introduction
Can life spring out of death, can history be reborn out of its ashes, 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 looted, … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar's notes and articles, Annihilation, Archaeology, architecture, Bearing witness, Concrete, Destruction of cities and habitats, Homs, Humanity, photographs, Ruins, Syria, Syrian Archaeology and antiquities, Syrian army, Syrian regime
Tagged Alisar's notes and articles, Civilization, destruction, Human spirit, Images, Syria, Syrian heritage and antiquities, syrian regime
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Lest we forget and lest the world forgets: Peaceful protest and demonstrations
Watching on TV the Egyptians demonstrate peacefully in their hundred of thousands in order to take up their Revolution once more, I go back in my mind to the beginnings of the Syrian Revolution. The world, especially the world media … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar's art, Alisar's notes and articles, Chanting and dancing, Civil activism, Demonstrations, Freedom, photographs, Ruins, Syria, Syrian people, Syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, The first phase of the Revolution, Video
Tagged Alisar's notes and articles, Civil activism, Dancing and chanting, Demonstrations, destruction, freedom, history of syria, Images, peaceful protest, Syria, syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, The first phase of the Revolution, unarmed civilians, Video, violence, w b yeats
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Picture of today: it has arrested me.
No comment. Published on Facebook. NINO Fezza cinereporter‘s photo.
Posted in Children of Syria, photographs, Syria, The suffering of the Syrian people
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Bearing witness: the destruction of the Old city of Aleppo, the second oldest city in the world, Part three continued
All 4 parts of the documentation of the destruction of Ancient Aleppo will be updated to include more damage to heritage as it occurs. I am going to continue with Part Three of my documentation of the damage inflicted upon the cultural … Continue reading
Posted in Aleppo, Alisar's notes and articles, Arab Islamic art, Archaeology, architecture, Art, Civilization, Destruction of cities and habitats, photographs, Syria, Syrian Archaeology and antiquities, Syrian Heritage, Syrian people, Syrian regime, The Khans of Aleppo
Tagged Bearing witness, Images, Images. Art, Syria, Syrian heritage and antiquities, violence
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Bearing witness: I present to you Syria in ruins, I invite you to witness annihilation and untold destruction
To an artist , the end of the world and the end of existence is signified by the destruction of form, the disintegration of structure, the made, the being. Why? Because it is the not to be, because it is the dissolution … Continue reading
Posted in Aleppo, Alisar's notes and articles, Bearing witness, civilians, Damascus, Homs, Notes, photographs, Scud missiles, Syria, Syrian people, Syrian regime, Victims
Tagged annihilation, Bearing witness, Images, Syria, syrian regime, Victims
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Bearing witness:The children of Syria, the new born of Syria, the babies of Syria, the toddlers of Syria, I present them to you
I have to continue bearing witness for the children of Syria, to continue addressing the conscience of the world and drawing attention to the little people of Syria. What Chance has a new born or a baby against the Scud missiles raining erratically on peaceful villages … Continue reading
Bearing witness: I present to you the children of Syria
Bear with me good people of the world, but I do need the mercy of God or the mercy of the universe to continue collecting images of dead and maimed children in order to prepare them for posting. I need … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar's notes and articles, Bearing witness, Children, Children of Syria, Crimes against humanity, Death, Destruction of cities and habitats, Images, photographs, Syria, Syrian regime, Victims
Tagged Bearing witness, Children of Syria, Images. Art, Syria, syrian regime, unspeakable acts, Victims, violence
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Syria’s tragedy wins prizes
I am not being critical or disappointing because these gifted photographers risked their lives in order to shoot these photographs and bring them to the attention of the world. I am only recording what I feel on the subject. Artists and photographers … Continue reading
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