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The war children of Syria: our reluctant heroes

I am calling these children whom you are going to see below our unknown reluctant heroes for the ordeals they have been through surpass the imagination. They have undergone the ordeals of fire, hunger, terrible injuries, amputated limbs, the loss … Continue reading

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The Rise of ISIS: extracts from articles and comments

MEDITATION ON ISIS (DA’ISH): THE BIRTH OF ISLAMIC COLONIALISM By Alisar Iram / in My Take / tags Iraq, ISIS, Islam, Religion, Revolution, Syria, Syrian People 2 Comments I know it is not conventional to write articles in the form of diaries or chronicles, but I have been keeping … 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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War rape: The forgotten pandemic sweeping Syria

Originally posted on alisariram:
A crime is committed twice if we choose to ignore it, or neglect reporting it and bringing it to the attention of the world. ? This post was first published in January 2013 with references to…

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The Road to Damascus الطريق الى دمشق

Originally posted on alisariram:
The Road to Damascus الطريق الى دمشق. The Road to Damascus: glass sculpture by Alisar Iram الطريق الى دمشق Posted on August 16, 2013by alisariram My love for ceramics and my experiments with glazes opened the way for me…

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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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A painting soaked in the blood of the child who painted it and a school destroyed by a missile in a never ending story

   Pictures from an exhibition                     In a school in Aleppo the teachers thought to offer the war children some relief and the chance to express their feelings about the war … Continue reading

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The pottery of ancient Tell Halaf, in Syria, and my ceramics

The love affair between me and the ancient pottery of Tell Halaf started when a friend of mine, a fellow potter and a university lecturer lent me some of his books about ancient Mesopotamia and the history of archaeological   excavations there. … Continue reading

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A poem in Arabic by Alisar Iram inspired by Easter: Syria, rise: سوريا قومي

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Jesus by ©Alisar Iram, pastels on paper ? ? سوريا قومي  ايلي…ايلي لما شبقتني لقد صلبوه فصلبوا الحب  وانشقت السماء وعم الظلام الارض. في الحقول سالت دماء الاطفال ووقفت المريمات متشحات بالسواد يحتضن الاقدام الدامية تحت…

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