Tag Archives: Images
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
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
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
The sacrificial Poppies: شقائق النعمان
جاءني صديق في المنام وطلب مني ان ارسم شقائق النعمان، جراحات تموز، لا اعرف ما يعني المنام ولكن هذه هي صور للشقائق ارجو ان تكون مقدمة للرسمِ A friend of mine appeared in my dream and asked me to draw … Continue reading
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
Have you heard? They are dying of cold in Syria
Death stalks the ruined Syrian cities and towns, death dances with the winds, the rains and the snow. It is fine with us. We are not asking you to shed teas. Only people with hearts shed tears. Compassiuon does not … Continue reading
Ibla in danger: more damage, illegal excavations and vandalization of the site
My sources for the following report are the the Syrian General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums (DGAMS) and Le patrimoine archéologique syrien en danger الآثار السورية في خطر Both sources list and record the damage caused to the site by new … Continue reading
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
Starvation: I accuse you world, I accuse you Obama, I condemn you Putin: Look at the image of Syrian childhood turning into stone under the gaze of the Medusa of hunger
O no, I am not going to warn you and apologize for the painful disturbing pictures of starving children, for I wish you you to gaze at them and keep a place for them in your hearts and perhaps do something about it. … Continue reading
The story of Father Paolo Dall’Oglio and the picturesque craggy Deir Mar Mousa of the lovely frescoes where he lived and preached love
This is the story of a priest who fell in love with an ancient country and its people, a colorful country with amazing diversity and vitality, a country which watched the first steps of mankind towards civilization. One day on … Continue reading