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Category: syria

Syrian melancholy in Lebanon’s revolution

December 6, 2019May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub

Syrians in Lebanon have greeted the country’s uprising with a complex blend of joy, envy, melancholy, and fear.

Posted in lebanon, levant, syria

‘Assad or we burn the country: how one family’s lust for power destroyed Syria’

October 16, 2019May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub

"A powerful new chronicle of the Syrian tragedy, based on interviews with regime insiders and rebel activists, seeks to explain the Assad government’s successful grip on power and the lengths to which it will go to maintain this."

Posted in book reviews, levant, syria

How a Syrian photo collective is resisting Assad’s narrative from within

January 14, 2019May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub

"Through our stories we work hard to portray the current situation of the Syrian streets as it is, through the eyes of its people, reflecting how they feel."

Posted in levant, syria

An idea called Daraya

December 9, 2018May 10, 2020 Joey AyoubLeave a comment

This is the story of an idea called Daraya. It is the story of a sick world.

Posted in levant, syria

Why Syrian refugees in Lebanon fear going back to an Assad-controlled Syria

July 25, 2018May 10, 2020 Joey AyoubLeave a comment

Syrian refugees in Lebanon fear reprisals by the Assad regime in the form of homelessness, forced conscription, torture, or worse.

Posted in lebanon, levant, syria

What the Women Of Ghouta Have Achieved in 7.5 Years

March 31, 2018May 10, 2020 Joey AyoubLeave a comment

“I am talking about the suffering of women inside Ghouta.”

Posted in gender, levant, patriarchy, syria

Lebanon’s Scapegoating of Refugees Did Not Start With Syrians, but With Palestinians

February 1, 2018May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub

"The deplorable living conditions of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon after 1990 are a direct consequence of their use as scapegoats for the country's civil war."

Posted in lebanon, levant, palestine/israel, syria

Refugees in Lebanon Are Still Being Scapegoated in the Media and in Academia

December 14, 2017May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub

"How can one claim that these people are here to receive aid from international organizations, when many are, in fact, not receiving any?"

Posted in lebanon, levant, palestine/israel, syria

On Yassin Haj Saleh’s book ‘The Impossible Revolution’

October 3, 2017April 24, 2019 Joey AyoubLeave a comment

“Syrian society has been without a sense of historical purpose or a ‘project’ that could unite the people and align their expectations"

Posted in book reviews, levant, syria

Syrians in a Besieged Town Are Learning to Grow Mushrooms to Survive

September 2, 2017April 24, 2019 Joey Ayoub

"We want to spread this idea to the world so that they know our success as well as our struggle with hunger and the siege."

Posted in levant, syria

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