ON A SULTRY NIGHT IN OCTOBER of 2011, two young men sit on the edge of a fountain in the city center of Damascus. It’s near midnight and a threatening silence hangs over the old Arab city with its narrow, mys- terious streets and numerous bazaars and coffeehouses. The men speak softly with (...)
During the truce, another aspect of the revolution reared its head : the conflict between the activists and Jabhat al-Nusra. This conflict reached its peak in 2015, when media activists in Kafranbel were arrested, and in October 2015, when a demonstration emerged against the group in Maarat (...)
Despite the prevalence of violence in Syria, civil disobedience and protest activities have been on the rise in Aleppo. The city’s activists, braving the daily clashes in the town, have returned to organizing civil disobedience.
On Monday, November 9, 2015, activists burned tires and cut off (...)
This post is part of a special series of articles by blogger and activist, Marcell Shehwaro, describing the realities of life in Syria during the ongoing armed conflict between forces loyal to the current regime, and those seeking to oust it.
Marcell and friends preparing the martyrs memorial (...)
This post is part of a special series of articles by blogger and activist, Marcell Shehwaro, describing the realities of life in Syria during the ongoing armed conflict between forces loyal to the current regime, and those seeking to oust it.
When I was asked to write about the Islamic State (...)