Eastern Ghouta’s Misery
Will Todman Nov 8, 2017 Just a day after the first aid convoy reached the besieged towns of Saqba and Kafr Batna in over a year, shelling slammed into a kindergarten in the rebel enclave. Ten people were killed,…
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Facebook pages and the Syrian Uprising
Towards the end of January/early February, 2011, several Facebook pages are created calling for a national day of protest. Most identify February 5th as D-day. مواعيد تحركات يوم الغضب السوري نحو حراك شعبي في سورية –…
Syrian MP calls for review of harsh emergency laws
Omar Imady Feb 23, 2018 Damascus // During a routine session of the Syrian parliament recently, something unexpected happened – a member proposed that harsh emergency laws be reviewed. Abdul Karim al Sayed, an…
The Only Remaining Online Copy of Vogue’s Asma al-Assad Profile
Omar Imady Feb 25, 2018 Asma al-Assad: A Rose in the Desert (online versions no longer available) By Joan Juliet Buck | photographed by James NachtweyVogue Excerpts: Asma al-Assad is glamorous, young, and very chic–the…
Children Arrested in Daraa
Omar Imady Mar 6, 2018 In the southern city of Daraa, young boys were arrested for writing the slogan “the people want to overthrow the regime” on the wall of their school. Fifteen schoolchildren were arrested, and…
12 prisoners of conscience detained in the Damascus central prison of Adra went on a hunger strike
Omar Imady Mar 7, 2018 Moreover, the Observatory recalls that a group of around 12 prisoners of conscience detained in the Damascus central prison of Adra went on a hunger strike on March 7, 2011 to demand the end of…
7th Anniversary of the Syrian Uprising – Seven years on and the Syrian people are not one
Ola Rifai Mar 15, 2018 “On that day, (15 March, 2011) I felt as if I was flying, I thought that we did the impossible. Today, I have realized how naive we were. We did not imagine that the whole world would watch us…
The green buses and the new Syrian map
Ola Rifai Apr 4, 2018 So the horrendous episode in Eastern Ghouta have reached an end. After a month-long brutal assault that killed 1600 civilians and devastated the enclave, rebels were evacuated with their families…
FIFA World Cup 2018 and the demising Arab nationalism
Ola Rifai Jul 1, 2018 It was June 2nd, 1978 when the Tunisian football team accomplished a historical win over the Mexicans 3-1 in Argentina during the FIFA World Cup. The victory was the first for an Arab team and was…
Imprisoned Tahama Marouf goes on a hunger strike
Omar Imady Feb 18, 2018 Tehama Marouf (an Alawite dentist arrested on the charge of belonging to the opposition Communist Labor Party), began a hunger strike on February 18, 2011 against inhuman prison conditions.…