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...
On Memorizing the Fatiha
14 September 2018
The feeling that we were guests in our own country and that we had to respect the system in place which provided protection for Christians never left us.
Shwam, and what I know about them
24 August 2018
Ancient history, as well as political and demographic changes, shaped the relationship between the Shwam and other communities, as well as between the poor and rich Shwam
