MILITARY MATTERS: Combat Soldier Publishes His Poetry About Mental Health In New Book “Unspoken Words”
PTSD and suicide continue to be major issues for service members and veterans. Now, a current soldier is putting deep ...
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Syrian revolutionary describes his vision for rebuilding after 13 years of civil war
As Syria recovers from 13 years of civil war and five decades under the Assad regime, its citizens face the daunting task of ...
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Books banned under Assad now on sale
DAMASCUS—Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus ...
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Fleeing the censors: The life and poetry of Syrian-Palestinian writer Ghayath Almadhoun
The poet says that while censorship in a dictatorship is nothing new, the same in a democracy feels like entering a new totalitarianism ...
Syrian Recipes From Home: Local author weaves her story into cookbook
Inside the 100-page book, Syrian Recipes from Home, you will find not only ingredients and instructions for flavorful food, but also powerful personal stories. Author Nour Al Mshantaf artfully ...
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Syria does not need a ‘handshake litmus test’
As anthropologist Lila Abu-Lughod has argued in her book, Do Muslim ... a 13-year-long civil war and 61-year-long authoritarian rule. There is not a single Syrian family I know that has not ...