Kamal Shahin

Syrian journalist and writer.

"The sea is generous"

11 March 2026
Amid the environmental crises plaguing the Mediterranean, even a modest recovery of the marine ecosystem is hailed as a miracle. Recent testimonies offer a glimmer of hope for Syria’s coastal...
Syrian wine industry: hidden resistance in jars

30 December 2025
The wine industry is facing some problems: not because it’s an alcoholic beverage, but as a microcosm of the broader Syrian economic crisis. Al-Rayyan and Al-Mimas wines, produced by the...
The misery of tobacco’s female workers

29 December 2025
“Our salaries barely covered our basic needs. The most important question is: what are we going to do now?” This is what one of the workers, who spent more than...
Deir ez-Zor: portrait of a forgotten province

28 November 2025
After the fall of the Assad regime and the decline of Iran's influence, the residents of Deir ez-Zor woke up to a new distribution of power, something they had become...
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