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Inaction versus human values
I wrote the article below two days before the No vote in the British Parliament. The vote when it took place saddened me immensely, so I am posting my comments on the vote, hoping they will be read before the … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar's notes and aerticles, Article, Civilization, Crimes against humanity, Destruction, Human Rights, Humanity, Humanity and human values, Morality, Syria, Syrian people, Syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, The suffering of the Syrian people, Uprooted people
Tagged Alisar's notes and articles, Britain, british parliament, Children of Syria, Civilization, destruction, Human Rights, humanity, politics, Syrian people, syrian regime, unspeakable acts, violence
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Descent into the Syrian Hell: an illustrated imaginary journey into the hell of Syria with invocations from world literature
Forward This is an allegorical imaginative journey into the Syrian Hell, created for the Syrians by their rulers with the complicity of the world. The residents of this Hell are mainly the children of Syria; therefore it is a hell … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar's notes and articles, Alisar's poems, Art, Article, Images, Inferno, suffering, Syria, Syrian people, Victims
Tagged Alisar's art, Alisar's notes and articles, Alisar's poems, Bearing witness, destruction, Images, Images. Art, Poetry, Syria, syrian regime, unspeakable acts, Victims, violence
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Destroying Syria’s past: Ibla
Below is a report by The New York Times on the destruction of Syria’s heritage. http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/04/06/world/middleeast/100000002157622/destroying-syrias-past.html See below a translation of the New York Times article which accompanies the video by: Protect Syrian Archaeology حماية الآثار السورية’s نيويورك … Continue reading
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انا اصل الى الثورة التي عانقتها بكل وجودي عن طريق الانسانيات كالاداب والفن والبحث. افتقاري الى التحليل السياسي العلمي اعوض عنه بثقافتي الانسانية العامة. ولهذا ساناشد واتكلم بصوت الحياة والبقاء فالموت، موت كل شيء حيٍ، صار…
The library of the Great Omayyad Mosque in Aleppo, the Waqfiyya library goes up in flames
Bearing witness: Alisar Iram The loss of a great library is like an amputation performed on world knowledge and cognition…Alisar I am going to update this posting then reblog it in view of fresh material I was able to collect on the … Continue reading
Posted in Aleppo, Aleppo Mosques and madrasas, Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Arab Islamic art, Arab Islamic Civilization, architecture, Article, Great Omayyad Mosque, Koranic calligraphy, Koranic manuscripts, Library, Syria, Syrian Heritage, The Great Omayyad Mosque of Aleppo, Waqfiyya Library
Tagged Aleppo, Alisar Iram: articles, Great Mosque of Aleppo, Images, Islamic theology, Koranic Callugraphy, Koranic manuscripts, Rare books, Syria, Syrian heritage and antiquities, Video, Waqfiyya Library
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Virtual Everything
In the article below, I have allowed myself to digress from my main subject because of the huge role the Internet is playing in our lives, careers and social activities Nowadays we use the Web as means of acquiring information … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar's notes and articles, Article, Cyberspace, Virtual reality
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Flash back: Homs revisited lest we forget how the Syrian regime destroyed Baba Amr, thus changing the course of the Revolution
Flash back: Homs revisited lest we forget how the Syrian regime destroyed Baba Amr, thus changing the course of the Revolution.
Posted in Alisar's notes and articles, Annihilation, Article, Baba Amr, Children of Syria, Destruction, Homs, Images, Second phase of the Syrian Revolution, Syria, Syrian people, Syrian regime, The Syrian Revolution, Victims
Tagged Children of Syria, Images, Revolution, Syria, syrian regime, unspeakable acts, Victims, violence
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War rape: The forgotten pandemic sweeping Syria
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 three articles on rape … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Crimes against humanity, Rape, suffering, Syria, Victims
Tagged Human Rights, Syria, syrian regime, Victims, violence
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We shall raise our voices loud and clear against the inhumanity of man to man
A few days ago a discussion took place on the page of Yassin Al-Haj Saleh at Facebook. Y. Al-Haj Saleh, who had spent in the past 16 years in the prisons of the Syrian Regime, is a well known Syrian … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar's notes and aerticles, Article, Ceramics, Civilization, Images, Syria, Syrian Heritage, Syrian people, Syrian regime, Third phase+ the present phase of the Syrian Revolution, Victims
Tagged Civilization, Human spirit, Images. Art, syrian government, Syrian heritage and antiquities, Victims, violence
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The Massacre of Aqrab
Aqrab is a village near Hama in Syria ( please see maps). Three days ago it witnessed a heart-breaking massacre, terrible in its impact and its execution. The cult of death has taken over in Syria. It has become too … Continue reading
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