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FLASH BACK: HOMS REVISITED

FLASH BACK: HOMS REVISITED LEST WE FORGET HOW THE SYRIAN REGIME DESTROYED BABA AMR, THUS CHANGING THE COURSE OF THE REVOLUTION  19 May 2014 By Alisar Iram On my Hello page to my blog, I had mentioned that I would be travelling back … Continue reading

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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

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Protest is the Heroism that tyranny can crush but cannot wipe out from our collective memory

  Protest is the Heroism that tyranny can crush, but cannot wipe out from our collective memory  There came a time when the Syrian people could no longer say yes to tyranny and maintain silence, pretending that surrendering their will … Continue reading

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Have you heard my civilized…very civilized world what is happening in Aleppo? God save me and save you from the eye doctor

To the unseen courageous people who visit my blog and brave its tragic contents, to my guests, please bear with me because were it not that I m writing for you and to you, the untold suffering I am bearing … Continue reading

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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

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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

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Bearing witness: I present to you Aleppo, a city that predates written history, the second oldest inhabited city in the world, as it was and as it has become after the deadly shadow of destruction and annihilation fell upon her: Part one

Related https://alisariram.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/bearing-witness-the-destruction-of-the-great-city-of-aleppo-part-two/ https://alisariram.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/bearing-witness-the-destruction-of-the-old-city-of-aleppo-the-second-oldest-city-in-the-world-part-three/ https://alisariram.wordpress.com/bearing-witness-the-destruction-of-the-old-city-of-aleppo-the-second-oldest-city-in-the-world-part-three-continued/ https://alisariram.wordpress.com/2013/11/08/deavastated-old-aleppo-revisited-in-images-civilization-is-diminished/ Please note that part three of my  documentation of cultural heritage was posted in April, 2013, which means that damage since last April until the present day is awaiting documentation. Aleppo I have been delaying … Continue reading

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Bearing witness: From France voices rise bearing witness

I came across the following videos by accident. My search was sparked by the death of a great fighter for human rights, Stephane Hessel. The video contain extracts from other videos made by citizen journalists and photographers showing glimpses of the different stages of … Continue reading

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The pillars of Hell

Copyright Alisar Iram The Pillars of Hell is the name I have given my work of art above. I am an artists involved in creation therefore any act of destruction concerns me profoundly. But the destruction of an entire country is more than the flesh can … Continue reading

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Syria – where medicine is a weapon of war

http://www.channel4.com/news/syria-where-medicine-is-a-weapon-of-war

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