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...
“In a non-violent struggle, our ammunition is the people”
Razan Zeitouneh talks with peace activist Ossama Nassar from Darayaa about the chances of the Syrian revolution to remain peaceful The trained eye cannot...
Memoirs of the Revolution: Yasmine
By Razan Zeitouneh Yasmine lives outside Syria but works in the media office of the Local Coordination Committees. Because she was the heart and...
Memoirs of the Revolution: Al-Jiza
Dara’a activist recalls horror and exhilaration of rising up against regime By Razan Zeitouneh* I always enjoy asking young people who participated in the...
The revolution through the eyes of the rebel physicians
By Razan Zaitouneh It seems that Syrians can no longer benefit from treatment in regular hospitals, be they private or public. All Syrians have...
“It’s simply an announcement of certain death.”
By Razan Zeitouneh It is not easy to talk to an activist from Homs about his city; as you are talking, you find yourself...
Memoirs of the Revolution: Saraqeb
By Razan Zeitouneh I met Manhal Barish only few times before the revolution, in the Justice Palace in Damascus, where his father had been...
Syria’s Living Nightmare
By Maryam Hasan Sometimes there is nowhere to run, and no escape even in dreams. Wolves, guns, blood and death are characters in my...
Armed Zabadani breathes free air
By Razan Zaitouneh Like most other activists who were caught unprepared by the accelerating militarisation of the revolution, Fares has always confused me: on...
Diary of a new generation
The Syrian revolution has quickly become a common, nationalist cause carried forwards by the elderly, the young, women and children, all driven by love...
One Revolution is Not Enough
By Razan Zeitouneh Many people don’t believe that, in the midst of the barbarism with which the regime is treating Syrians, there can still be...
A beacon for Syria
Activist tells her story of assault by security forces on demonstration in Homs Milia stayed out all night protesting. That night, people were chanting...
Of an evening without barricades
By Razan Zeitouneh The difference between what is before a barricade and what lies after it summarises the contrast between life in Syria before...
My friend, Obeida Arna’out
I can never forget that day in autumn when I met Obeida. The bus I was taking from my university in Damascus to Aleppo...
Memoirs of the Revolution: Dael
Smashing the idols of the regime By Razan Zeitouneh My friend Adel recounted his memories with precision, joy, fear and anxiety at the same...
Through my eyes: From Douma to Damascus
[youtube id = IJa2IAo85j4] A video by the Arab production company Kharabeesh (Arabic for Scribbles) making fun of the Syrian Parliament’s performance during Assad’s...
