Farah’s Name No Longer Means Joy
It was no accident that Farah was wearing black. She stood at the entrance to one of the security services headquarters where her brother...
Farmers in Syria’s North Face Dire Situation
When the Syrian regular forces entered Hama, Idlib and the countryside of Aleppo province, not only did they force many residents to run for...
Experts in Death Do Not Cry
By Razan Zeitouneh I am a documenter of death. I watch videos that show martyrs so as to record their names and the details...
Diverse Inhabitants of Al-Jazeera Express Hope, Fears for Change
The Syrian region of Al-Jazeera is noted for its wide ethnic and religious diversity. This area, situated in the north-east of Syria and bordered...
My Salafi Friend And The Revolution
There’s been no news of Fida for days now – nothing written up on the walls, no one has seen him at a demonstration,...
Camera vs. Murder: Syrian Revolution Shapes New Wave of Documentary Films
Update: Syrian activist and filmmaker Bassel Shhadeh was killed on May 28, 2012. One of his major works was Saturday Morning Gift, a short...
Syrian Political Cartoonists Wait for a New Dawn
Political cartoons in Syria, whether exhibited in newspapers or art galleries owned by the cartoonists themselves, have long been the victim of censorship, which...
A Letter to Syrian Poet Adonis
Adonis has repeatedly written about the Syrian revolution; in the letter he addressed to President Bashar al-Assad, for example, or his column in the...
Cold Mountain: Where a swift death is a privilege
By Razan Zeitouneh We worked together for several months. We got angry with one another, and then made up and laughed together. We swapped news,...
Female Activists at Syrian Centre for Media Speak Out
The Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression, SCMFE, is a non-governmental organisation that aims to defend the freedom of belief and expression,...
Nowruz Under the Revolution
March 21 was the day Kurds celebrated the start of a new year; it is the “New Day”, or Nowruz, as it is called...
Homs Relief Campaign Obstructed by Security Forces
The campaign was inspired by a simple question a girl asked during a meeting of Syrian activists in Damascus, “What about the families that...
This is Why We Took to the Streets
By Rima Fleihan When my phone rang that day last year, I had only been out for a few hours after spending four days...
Freedom of the Press Shall Survive Mazen Darwish’s Arrest
Mazen Dawrish, along with the other detainees from the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression, SCMFE, has recently completed 60 days in...
Will the Syrian revolution opt for a civic or Islamic state?
As a result of the repeated attempts to dress the Syrian revolution up with the turban of Islamism and hurl it into a sectarian...
Towards the end of apartheid
By Maryam Hasan Last night, I had an unusual dream that, despite being pleasant, became a source of discomfort. I saw families in the...
