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Some thoughts on International Women’s Day, mainly in the context of the Syrian Revolution
International Women’s day “also called International Working Women’s Day, is marked on March 8 every year.[2] In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women’s economic, political, and social … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Emancipation of Women, Images, International Women's Day, Prisons and prisoners, Razan Zaitounah, Reflections, Syria, Syrian Revolution, Women, Women's Human Rights
Tagged Alisar Iram: articles, Liberation of women, Prisoners of Conscience, Revolution, Syria, syrian regime, The changing roles of women, The human rights of women
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Some diverse thoughts and reflections inspired by the Syrian Revolution
Sensibilities The only thing that brute force and armed tyranny cannot defeat is the intellect and the soul. Even if they kill and destroy many of us the word will live, the thought will live, the creative energy of the Revolution will … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram's art, Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Freedom, Meditation, Reflections, Sensibilities, Syria, Syrian regime, The Syrian Revolution, Thoughts, Uncategorized
Tagged Alisar Iram's art, Alisar Iram: articles, freedom, Geneva Conference, Injustice, Meditation, Reflections, Revolution, Sensibilities, spirituality, Syria, syrian regime, Thoughts
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Hail the Coming ٌRevolution: we shall not give up
Under the weight and onslaught of the tremendous violations, epic violence and dehumanization, the Syrians are evolving. They are evolving into super ghouls on the one level and super humans, super ethical and humane beings, on another . Therefore while the suspicious, calculating … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Revolutionaries, Super powers, Syria, Syrian regime, The Syrian Revolution, The world, Violence
Tagged Alisar Iram: articles, Democracy, destruction, Foreign fighters and agendas, Human Rights, Revolution, Syria, Syrian people, syrian regime, violence
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Out of the Chrysalis
Sometimes I close my eyes and try to recollect the person I was before the coming of pain, before my life became an open register of suffering, not my own suffering but the suffering of others, which inevitably took on … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram's art, Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Civilization, Crimes against humanity, Healing, Humanity, Images, Love, Reflections, Starvation, suffering, Syria, Syrian people, The suffering of the Syrian people, Uprooted people, Visionary poem
Tagged Alisar's art, Alisar's notes and articles, Civilization, destruction, Grace, Human Rights, Human spirit, humanity, Love, Revolution, spirituality, Syria: a crime against humanity, Syrian people, The dispersion of the Syrian peopl, The failure of humanity to help the Syrian people, unspeakable acts, violence, Visionary writing
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Bearing witness: the destruction of Homs. Under this rubble,melting stone and concrete, there lie the remains of human beings who once lived, struggled, dreamed and begat children.
The author Yasssin Al Haj Saleh, who was imprisoned by the Syrian authorities for sixteen years, tells us: In writing about prison and imprisonment, lies the imperative to tear the belly of the prison apart in order to extract the individuals out of it, one by … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar's notes and articles, Death, Destruction, Destruction of cities and habitats, Homs, Images, Syria, Syrian army, Syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, The suffering of the Syrian people
Tagged annihilation, destruction, Images, Revolution, Syria, syrian regime, unspeakable acts, violence
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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
The Revolution, the media and facebook
The Western media, perhaps because of the strength of the regime’s propaganda machine, is swinging to defending the Assadi regime, find excuses for its onslaughts on the civilians or attempt concentrate exaggeratedly on criticizing the failings of the Opposition fighters. … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar's notes and articles, Criticism, facebook, Fanaticism, Syria, Syrian people, Syrian regime, Syrian Revolution
Tagged Islamists, Revolution, Syria, syrian regime
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Let us not debase ourselves or our Revolution دعونا لا نحقر ثورتنا ولا نحقر انفسنا
Let us not debase ourselves or our Revolution The Syrian Revolution did not erupt against the Shiaa, against Hizbollah and its leader Nasrullah, nor did it erupt against the Alawites, mobilizing one section of the society against another. Let us … Continue reading
Ode to Freedom نشيد الحرية
Originally posted on alisariram:
©Freedom, gouache on paper by Alisar Iram Image: ©Alisar Iram They who are embraced by freedom And touched by its wings of yearning and passion Shall have no peace shall have no home Shall have no…
Posted in Alisar's poems, Art, Freedom, Images, Syria, Syrian Revolution
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In March of the year 2011, in peaceful green Daraa, the writings on the wall of a group of children sparked a Revolution
The article below was the first article I wrote celebrating the dawning of the Syrian Revolution. I did not know then that my life was going to change out of recognition. All I felt was that a door suddenly opened … Continue reading
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