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Natalie, Farah, Nour, and Countless Others… Who Protects Syria’s Children?

The old highway connecting Jableh and Banias, the road used by passenger buses traveling to…

دورنا نحكي جبل عامل

Remarks at the launch of “Voices from Jabal Amil”

Within this project, “Dawruna Nehki”, we produced 49 pieces of journalism: 29 articles and posts,…

سوريا النسوية

Syrian Feminism: Questions of Confrontation and the Rights of All Women

If feminism is a project rooted in the defense of freedom, equality, and human dignity,…

Syria Trapped in the “Age of Informants”

Without a clear legal framework defining what conduct warrants arrest, how can “Assadism” itself be…

The Murder of a Young Girl in Iraq: Before We Rush to Judge 

Violence affecting children, or violence committed by them, cannot be understood in isolation from the…

Sheikh Naim

The Admission Sheikh Naim Will Never Make 

Sheikh Naim will not do it. He will not shoulder a remorse he does not…

On the “Alawite Apology” Syndrome

The problem is not that Syria lacks institutions, but that the institutions now taking shape…

العراق المثليين

Inan M.bly: I Escape All of Iraq into My Room

Iraqi writer and feminist Inan M.bly did not know that when I began reaching out…

lebanon

Lebanon Between Two Threats: Weapons Outside the State and External Intervention 

Lebanon does not need someone to free it from one set of weapons only to…

sweidaa

A Year Since the Sweida Massacre… What Does It Mean to Be Syrian?

The massacre is ongoing. For it to end, it must begin with acknowledging the truth…