In the shadow of that flag
13 October 2020
As Syrians, we were all inside different closets; we did not know ourselves or each other. When the revolution happened, everyone came out of their closets. Chaos ensued, but perhaps...
Strategies for rebellion: A queer reading of the Syrian revolution
06 October 2020
"To be queer in the revolution means that you have to remain silent as if you yourself were responsible for all the massacres, shelling and displacement, while no one seems...
For young Idlib doctors who treated war wounds, COVID an invisible new threat
02 October 2020
Doctors warn Idlib is heading towards a “full-blown catastrophe” if coronavirus cases continue to increase. But in a part of Syria where residents have already seen more than a year...
Children at war: Reliving photos of east Aleppo
25 September 2020
In my youth and since I reached adulthood, I've expressed myself through photography. The children of Syria expressed their feelings too, through all their different ways of playing and surviving.
Raqqa, at the center of the universe
16 August 2020
In Shahla Ujayli's latest novel, Raqqa is a summer’s dream: briefly beautiful, and then gone. Yet it is also preserved in memory.
‘Hostages’ of Assad under the Caesar Act
16 July 2020
After nearly 10 years of war, dilemmas over how the newest—and toughest—US sanctions impact everyday Syrians are hardly new, writes Maher Mas’ud.
The drama queen of quarantine
23 June 2020
My friend, who has always accused me of being melancholy, finally understood my moodiness. He told me the empty streets reminded him of people waiting for their deaths.
Fighting Terrorism Or A Pretext For A New Occupation?
16 October 2019
Ammar Dayoub writes about Turkey’s latest incursion into the PYD-held areas in north Syria. He discusses that Turkey’s motives behind the operation are to eliminate the Kurdish control, rather than...
Cities in Revolution
Documenting the history of the uprising in six different syrian cities
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