A historian's notes from post civil war Syria (2)
17 February 2026
A banner draped across a hospital destroyed by Russian planes in Syria’s Palestinian Yarmouk Refugee Camp tells a complex story of resistance. The second part essay on historical narrative and...
A historian's notes from post civil war Syria
11 February 2026
How are communities in Syria trying to make sense of the past 12 years of civil war and inscribe themselves in Syria’s future? Here some reflections from the new murals...
That time when they found me dead
18 August 2023
On the 10th of August 2013, Syrian authorities arrested leftist activist, journalist and rebel Jihad Muhammad. He has not been heard from since. Untold Stories, alongside Jihad's friends, comrades and...
On Recognizing our Ethno-Religious Prejudices: A Preliminary Conceptual Analysis
02 December 2018
The testimonies published in this file have shown a strong link between both religious/sectarian taboos and sexual taboos. After many years of suppression, Syrians were able to bring these issues...
Popular Oral Culture and Sectarianism, a Materialist Analysis
31 October 2018
Joseph Daher offers a materialist perspective after reviewing the contributions to SyriaUntold's special series on Oral Culture and Identity in Syria.
Racism, Sectarianism or Sexism? On Damascus and the Syrian Demographic Barcode
03 October 2018
What distinguishes lines in the barcode is not only their length, but also their width and the distance between them. For example, a middle-class rural family may be closer to...
