From Activist to Activist – a series of online talks on the Syrian Revolution
A year and a half has passed since the uprising in Syria began. Time to look back and reflect about what has happened so...
Social Media Monitor 30-10-2012
A failed truce After holding numerous talks with United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, both the Syrian regime and opposition announced their commitment to a...
Social Media Monitor 15-10-2012
Historical sites under threat Clashes between Syrian regime and opposition forces in Aleppo have not been limited to residential areas, as fighting extended to...
Social Media Monitor 08-10-2012
Assad’s hometown rebels against him A demonstration in Kfar Nubbul in the province of Idlib. “Qirdaha, we’ll be with you till death.” – YouTube....
Social Media Monitor 5 11 2012
Loyalist TV star killed Social media users were preoccupied on Monday morning by news of the killing of actor Mohammad Rafei, who starred in...
Syrian Field Hospitals Struggle to Treat Wounded
Raafat al-Ghanem At a March 2011 demonstration in the town of Muaddamiyya outside Damascus, a participant had fallen behind the rest of the crowd...
Messyaf: Caught Between Regime and Opposition
Maamarji In the past few months, security checkpoints have proliferated on the roads between villages surrounding the city of Messyaf, in the western Hama...
Damascus: Checkpoints from Hell
Um Ward al-Suriyya My home city, Jaramana, lies between Damascus and the agricultural area of Al-Ghuta. I have a lot of memories in both...
One Day in a Field Hospital
Ward al-Assi My friend, a doctor in the city of Deir El-Zor, called me today to tell me about something that had happened a...
Aleppo’s Female Activists Struggle to Overcome Prejudice
Rasha Rami Since protests began in Syria in March 2011, female activists have played a significant role, both by taking part in demonstrations in...
Life in a Kurdish-Held Town
If you walk around the town of Kobani, you will see the flags of Kurdistan, the Democratic Union Party, and the Syrian revolution. The...
Social Media Monitor 01-10-2012
Aleppo Souks turn to ashes The most widely circulated news about the fighting in Aleppo last week concerned the fire that destroyed parts of...
Qudsayya: Scenes From a Disaster
As the elderly woman burst into tears, everyone on the packed bus – mainly students and workers on their way home – fell silent....
Social Media Monitor 22-10-2012
Bab Touma Bombing An explosion struck the Christian-majority quarter of Bab Touma in old Damascus city center on Sunday October 20, 2012, killing at...
Syrian Refugees Head for Iraqi Kurdistan
Muhieddine Isso The Dumez refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan is located on arid land with no trees in sight, ten kilometres from the city of...
Faking Reality in Damascus
By Ward al-Assi In late August, I was on my way back from a friend’s house in al-Rabwah when I passed by the Tishrin...
