The Empire seeks to create sectarianism and ethnic divides in a country that, prior to the Western-launched criminal dirty war, had neither. The US-led coalition of war [...]
Bana Alabed has become a household name. Not for the cute things you would expect from a 7 year old but for her political commentary and on the ground breaking informative [...]
Read the first article in the series here: Voices from Al Hasaka Article written by Jamila Assi, interviews conducted and information obtained by Sarah Abed. Al-Hasaka [...]
Yesterday I received a beautiful surprise in the mail. A 3 foot long canvas of the Old ruins of a church, St. Simeon The Stylites Abbey, Aleppo, Syria from a dear friend. [...]
Olives are a staple item in every Syrian household. They are an integral part of breakfast “iftoor” and dinner “asha”. They are usually served with [...]
A friend of mine attended mass here today and took these pictures and sent them to me. Syriac Orthodox Church (Syriac: ܥܺܕܬܳܐ ܣܽܘ̣ܪܝܳܝܬܳܐ ܬܪܺܝܨܰܬ [...]
What does a foreign policy under a Nobel Peace prize recipient look like? Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and look at the past 8 years under the Obama [...]
In 2009 I visited Palmyra with my family. We first toured the ruins on our own and then ate mansaf (a popular rice and meat dish in the area) at a local restaurant. I [...]