“Grand Liban” or Grand Lebanon ie Lebanon in its current internationally-acknowledged state borders, is the love-child of France and a byproduct of the infamous Sykes-Picot Accord that decimated the Levant to first partition it between France and Britain, and to break it up further before granting it its independence. The French pledged to their Lebanese…
Diary August 30th 2015 “Marwa said that they have spent a long time in one of the house’s bathrooms. When he asked her whether they were eating or not she replied that maybe it was a day or more since their last meal. The Shelling was intense and none of them was able to cross…
She laughed timidly when her uncle asked her if she was scared by the bombing. Trying to sound older and stronger, she said “Yes. A little bit”, but he could hear her voice shaking on the phone and tell out how tense she was. Baraa (9 years) then said that her baby sister Maryam (1…
“How can you thank a man for giving you what’s already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?” Malcolm X “Truth has a powerful beautiful presence which resonates with every unpolluted soul” ~ Nahida Izzat “Having lived in Gaza during the 2012 Israeli bombardment, my opinion is…
Originally posted on Poetry for Palestine:
A poignant, heart-wrenching and profoundly truthful poem by Professor Francis A. Boyle Ode to My Colleague and Friend Frank Newman I. Way to go Berkeley Law! Deeming Yourselves above The Law Your Dean Frank Newman now crying in Heaven Berkeley Law can go to Hell! Accessories After The Fact to…
“First they came for Libya, I bought into every imperialist lie on Gaddafi and supported Libya’s destruction. Then they came for Syria, I proactively bought into every imperialist lie and I championed its destruction. Then they came for Tunisia, and I hadn’t got a clue as to how britain was destroying Tunisia so I said…
“And if I had fled, to Israel, a state created for the purpose of protecting Western interests, I would have been in a yet tighter bind: on which side of Jerusalem would I have decided to live?” – James Baldwin There is a pattern to this devastation and there is a vile, destructive reasoning behind…
Originally posted on Syriana Afraa:
A syrian refugee , a lawyer from Idlib , i met him today , he rented an apartment in my city , he is originally from Aleppo , but was living in Idlib with his wife and kids , his wife also well educated what is going on in Idlib…
Originally posted on Yalla La Barra:
The executive director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, has allowed his obsession with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and “barrel bombs” to completely cloud his vision when it comes to his twitter account. Rather than giving equal time to all the human rights abuses and war crimes that are taking…
Below is the letter written after attending the Syria: Moving Beyond the Stalemate , 1-3 July 2015 in St Andrews Scotland, followed by the Conference summary of deliberations. To date, no response has been received to our comments and proposals. It should be noted that this conference was funded in part by the Asfari Foundation,…
The Wall Will Fall 