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Syria’s Caesar Farid Al-Madhan: The Man Who Altered Its History
All Farid Al-Madhan required was a loaf of bread and his socks to conceal one…

So Long Carmen Karim: I Have Finally Been Freed From my Pseudonym
In every article I wrote under my pseudonym, the shadow of Assad loomed over me,…

“We Walked Over Prisons:” On Saydnaya Prison and Assad’s Slaughterhouses
The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime marked the liberation of thousands of detainees from Syria’s…

When Our Memory Defies the Erasure of Our Cities
Three years have passed, during which I’ve tried to complete the mourning rituals for a…

A Letter to Osman Kavala in Prison
Dear Osman, I don’t know if you still remember what you wanted to tell me.…

Mais al-Jabal: Booby-Trapped, Blown Up, Then Vaporized
What has happened and is happening to Mais al-Jabal is beyond what the mind can…

Fifty Shades of Death & Hope in Lebanon
In times of war, death comes in confusing forms. But it is one particular kind…

On The Massacres That Have Introduced Me to the Smell of Death
I smelled death in Beirut’s Basta neighborhood after a bombardment, while I was visiting my…

Netanyahu: The “Abrahamic Era” Will Reign After the War!
Netanyahu used the Abraham Accords to undermine the two-state solution, presenting them as a model…

The Egyptian Mango: A “Halal” Delight Like No Other
It is undisputed that Egypt did not know the mango fruit before the 19th century.…