“I often tried to talk to my husband to figure out why he absolutely resented me. After repeated rejections, he told me honestly, ‘I can longer come near you. I cannot even look at you. I don’t know what happened...
“In the past, characters were pessimistic, devastated and defeated, scared and subdued, or nonchalant and only cared about their individual salvation. Characters reclaiming their dreams resurfaced in Syrian narratives, and, notably, the individual was no longer lonely, isolated and hopeless...
One man painted his house in vivid colors. Another found a new appreciation for his nail clippers. One woman walked for hours through the night to finally reach home. What do former detainees lose and find anew in the days...
Murder turned into an act of self-defense, in which the regime and international community embarked on a selfish battle of describing the crime using terms such as civil war, the two-party war and the conflict. Consequently, the main crime was...
Nobody is quite certain where the famous Levantine folk song “`Al Rozana” originated: whether from an Italian ship bearing food during Lebanon’s great famine, or from some long forgotten love story. But its unknowns are precisely what make it so...
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Illustation by Dima Nechawi Graphic Design by Hesham Asaad
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Illustation by Dima Nechawi Graphic Design by Hesham Asaad