About: Tamara (Syria, UAE & UK)
Name: Tamara (Syria, UAE & UK) Al-Om
Email: tamara@mideastyouth.com
Website: http://tamaraalom.wordpress.com/
Description: Born in the UK, to an English mother and a Syrian father. Raised in Syria and Dubai (mostly), where the sun shone every day. I never knew how to appreciate the sun until I came to live in the UK.
Having spent a great deal of my life in the Arab world, I have experienced firsthand the issues that are detrimental to its progress just as I have experienced its greatest strengths. It has been a constant battle to reconcile my own feelings of devotion to and frustration with the Arab world.
I now devote my time to reading, writing and thinking about the interaction of power, of histories, of nations and of people - specifically relating to the Middle East.
“How Do You Feel About This?” (March 26, 2008)
Update: Renovation of 2 Orphanages in Duhok, Iraq (February 24, 2008)
Syria Blocks Facebook (November 24, 2007)
Update: One Voice Concerts Called Off (October 15, 2007)
Syrian Bride (September 21, 2007)
In Search of an Alternative… (September 16, 2007)
