On lust for the Syrian narrative
02 February 2021
Lust carries a yearning for pleasure, and in our reality, pleasure is often a taboo. It has been coupled with committing forbidden acts, and with a turnout portending decades of...
What did exile change in our narratives?
26 January 2021
How has exile impacted the narratives of the Syrian diaspora’s newest crop of authors? Syrian novelist Rosa Yassin Hassan takes a step back to speak with translators and Arabic literature...
The body, between event and memory
25 January 2021
Jacques Derrida described the act of embrace as a space in which the self touches the other. Did I really lose my body or did I re-appropriate it by alienating...
Within the margins, and breaking free: Syrian cinema
23 January 2021
“You are trapped within that room that represents your memory, and all your personal story. It is all you have, your world. But after that, it starts shrinking, and that...
In search of the best picture in the world
22 January 2021
That picture was the only boat that carried me to the past and reconnected me, sensually rather than metaphorically, with what was taken away from me. The picture from my...
Signs of modernism in the Syrian novel
19 January 2021
In the past two decades, Syrian novelists have made compelling attempts to change their narrative forms. Where were the seeds of this change?
Sudan: no longer a visa-free haven for Syrians
15 January 2021
For years, Sudan was one of the few countries Syrians could travel to without first obtaining an entry visa. In Sudan, they had the right to work, the right to...
Questions about growing change in Syrian narratives
12 January 2021
Introducing SyriaUntold's newest series, on changing narratives in Syrian literature
How do you explain hunger to a child?
08 January 2021
At the height of the Syrian government's siege of East Ghouta, photographer Artino was wounded and alone. He turned to photography and writing to help cope.
A small cafe in Damascus
01 January 2021
I remembered a small cafe in a very well-known area in Damascus. It was the space where I started breaking out of the tight circle in which I was raised....
War note
22 December 2020
Sameer Al-Doumy was still a child when he first began photographing the war in his hometown of Douma. As the siege and bombs continued, he grew up as a photojournalist.
Cities in Revolution
Documenting the history of the uprising in six different syrian cities
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