Category: Syria

Can you hear us now, Bashar? A Syrian Cyber Sit-In in Solidarity

Posted on by Suzan Boulad (Syria)

The popular revolutionary grassroots news organization Shaam News Network has launched a virtual campaign as impressive as the network itself. With the Syrian revolutions entering their ninth month, protesters on the ground have left no building, animal, or art form …

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From Sulaimani to Syrians

Posted on by Shalaw Fatah

This Thursday, November the 17th, We’ll gather in front of the American University in Iraq-Sulaimani (AUIS) campus to support the righteous struggle of the Syrian people. Yes, we do. We support the Syrian people and their righteous uprising against tyranny. …

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What Spring Has Planted: Continued Struggles Across the Middle East

Posted on by Suzan Boulad (Syria)

Almost exactly 11 months ago, Mohamed Bouazizi, the street vendor in Tunisia whose name spread like wildfire across the Middle East set himself on fire in protest of the corruption and humiliation that he had suffered his entire life. Since then, …

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We Are All Meshaal Tamo: Syrians furious after assassination of Kurdish leader

Posted on by Suzan Boulad (Syria)

Qamişlo, Syria: Prominent Kurdish activist, founder of the Kurdish Future Part and member of the newly formed Syrian National Council Meshaal Tamo was assassinated by Syrian thugs in his own home on Friday. His son Marcel Tammo and another Kurdish …

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Syrian Revolution has yet to reach its peak

Posted on by Suzan Boulad (Syria)

7 September 2011: As if the last few months hadn’t been enough, the end of Ramadan has brought more unrest to Syria. More protests, more brutal crackdowns by the government, and more international pressure that has heated the debate on …

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Tank Men: From China to Egypt & Syria

Posted on by Ahmad H. Aggour (Egypt)

Some say that a man is always reproducing what he does, no matter the history or the time. And its completely true, sometimes you can go through your entire life and never get to see things like this, never get …

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An Eid Of Blood

Posted on by Ahmad H. Aggour (Egypt)

It was a new kind of celebration of Eid in 2011, for it was made with blood. Quite unlikely for the nature of the celebration, usually Eid is celebrated with happiness and rejoice that the fasting month of Ramadan is …

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Friday of Power and Damascus Rising: The Latest Updates on Syria

Posted on by Suzan Boulad (Syria)

26 August 2011: This last Friday has brought Syrians new hope and new energy as they saw their beloved capital finally begin to roar against the brutality of the Assad regime that we have been trying to topple for over …

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If I Were a Syrian…. I am a Syrian !!

Posted on by Sami, the beduin.

Last year I started to see and say that (the PA is a tiny Egyptian regime), that the PA is not only the breed of the close cooperation between the zionists and the Egypt of Mubarak, but also the American-Zionist-made …

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A Syrian Kurd Sheds light on Kurdish participation in the Syrian Uprising

Posted on by Fatima (Saudi Arabia)

Below is an interview we conducted with a Syrian Kurd from Aleppo, who gave us a unique on-the-ground perspective about the Syrian uprising and the participation of Kurds in it. “Rêber” (a pseudonym) details the different protests that took place …

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