Archive for January, 2012
48 days & Syria in Every Arab
Last year I stood outside on my balcony watching as the Corniche filled up with people chanting, heading towards Tahrir. Every day during these 18 days was moving, a day filled with tears and hope and strength. What did this mean to me? I’ve adopted Egypt. As a Syrian, this country I live in, my […]
Filed under: arab, freedom, Syria | Closed
Tags: Anniversary, Arab, egypt, Freedom, Lebanon, Libya, revolution, struggle, syria, Tunis, Yemen
Man from Yabroud
The Syrian revolution started with people taking to the streets in Dara’a demanding one thing: the release of detained school children. Yes, school children, no older than 13. We all know what happened next. It is apt to say that after 10 months of demonstrations we dedicate today to all those men women and children […]
Filed under: arrest, detainees, freedom, Syria | 1 Comment
Tags: Assad, detainees, detention, Freedom, syria
Johha & his Mule
My absence from my blog has been intentional. My family has been visiting from Syria and for the first time in such a long time savoring every single moment with them was for me the most important thing I could do. As we sat around dinner one night we spoke of all the corruption and […]
Filed under: Assad, Syria | 2 Comments
Tags: Assad, folklore, greed, lies, syria, tale
