Category Archives: Yassin Al Haj Saleh

Farewell to Syria, for a while: في وداع سورية… مؤقتا

Farewell to Syria, for a while By Yassin Al Haj Saleh October 12, 2013 I have tried hard for the last two and a half years to stay in Syria. It was important for me as a writer to stay … Continue reading

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Help Syria now. Tomorrow it may be too late: open letter to the intellectuals and opinion makers in the West

This article by the dissident writer Yassin Al Haj Saleh was first published  in Arabic, then was translated into French (see my last post but one), Spanish and English, appearing successively in several Arab newspapers, Le Monde, El Mundo and the Guardian. … Continue reading

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Letter to the intelligentsia, and opinion makers of the West by the Syrian writer Yassin Al Haj Saleh

The letter is published below in Arabic and French رسالة إلى المثقفين وقادة الرأي العام في الغرب ياسين الحاج صالح 28 حزيران 2013 الأصدقاء الأعزاء.. قبل نحو ثلاثة شهور قصدتُ منطقة الغوطة الشرقية «المحررة» تاركًا خلفي العاصمة دمشق التي بات … Continue reading

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