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MEDITATION ON THE DESTRUCTION OF ALEPPO, HOMS AND THE SYRIAN URBAN CENTRES
http://www.thewhy.com/meditation-destruction-aleppo-homs-syrian-urban-centres/ Published in The Why Can life spring out of death, can history be reborn out of its ashes, and can heritage be restored? Can a city reduced to debris and melted concrete rise again? Can archaeology exist without archaeology … Continue reading
Posted in Aleppo, Alisar's notes and articles, Annihilation, Concrete, Concrete rubble, Destruction, Homs, Syria, Syria's cultural heritage, Syrian regime, Syrian Revolution
Tagged Aleppo, Alisar Iram: articles, Civilization, concrete. concrete debris. rebuilding, destruction, Homs, Syria, Syrian heritage and antiquities, syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, violence
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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
Posted in Aleppo, Alisar's notes and aerticles, Children of Syria, Ein Jalout School in Aleppo, Images, Syria, Syrian army, Syrian Children's art, Victims, Video
Tagged Aleppo, Alisar's notes and articles, Children of Syria, children's art, crime against humanity, Missile strike, Syria, Victims
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Starvation and more starvation in Syria
This is part of a report I compiled and wrote in October 2003. The areas under siege then are still under siege ,in addition to reported starvation in Raqqa and part of Aleppo because the Syrian people have now to … Continue reading
Posted in Aleppo, Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Ghouta of Damascus, Humanity, ISIS, Qaeda, Raqqa, Starvation and malnutrition in Syria, Starvation in Syria, Starving Syrian children, suffering, Syria, Syrian people, Syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, Victims
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Devastated Old Aleppo revisited in images: Civilization is diminished
All that destroys life and innocence is my enemy. All that unmakes, all that reduces into nothingness or annihilates and obliterates, is my foe and my slayer. All that negates existence or smothers the life forces of man and nature, … Continue reading
Posted in Aleppo, Alisar Iram's art, Alisar Iram: art of ruins, Annihilation, Arab Islamic art, Archaeology, architecture, Civilization, Destruction of cities and habitats, Images, Syria, Syrian Archaeology and antiquities, Syrian army, Syrian Heritage, The Great Omayyad Mosque pf Aleppo, The Madina Souk of Aleppo, The minaret of the Great Omayyad Mosque of Aleppo
Tagged Aleppo, Alisar Iram, Alisar Iram's art, Alisar Iram: art of ruins, annihilation, Arab Islamic civilization, Architectural ornament and designs, destruction, Images, Syria, Syrian architecture, Syrian heritage and antiquities, The Great Mosque of Aleppo, The Madina Souk, The minaret of the Great Mosque of Aleppo
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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
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