Archive for the 'Society & Culture' Category

Interview with Lebanon’s Minister of Refugee Affairs, Mouin Merhebi

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, October 26th, 2018

Loyalty over geography: Re-interpreting the notion of ‘Useful Syria’ — By Matthias Sulz

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 6th, 2018

Creating a New Syria: Property, Dispossession, and Regime Survival — by Erwin van Veen

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, April 15th, 2018

“Educating Syrian Refugees in Turkey,” by Salih Yasun

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 25th, 2016

In the Line of Fire — the War Against the UN in Syria

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 4th, 2016

A Day in The Life of The Jungle: Syrians Camped out in Calais

Posted by Tam Hussein on Friday, May 20th, 2016

Wonderful NGO with School for Syrian Refugee Children in Northern Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, December 3rd, 2015

“The evolving humanitarian response to the Syrian crisis,” by Marika Sosnowski

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 10th, 2015

The Children of Syria: A War and Image Industry

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, April 3rd, 2015

Syrian Refugees Collectivizing in Jordan Becomes a Security Issue — by Katy Montoya

Posted by Matthew Barber on Wednesday, February 18th, 2015

Syria Photo Guide

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 7th, 2015

On Camps and Cities: The Lived Experience of Displaced Syrians in Jordan

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, December 12th, 2014

A Visit to the Tomb of Hafez al-Asad

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 29th, 2014

Joshua Landis on ISIS, Syria & the “Great Sorting Out” in the Middle East – Interview with Danny Postel

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 17th, 2014

“Dreaming of Home: Syrian Refugees in Jordan’s Cities – Will They Be Repatriated?” by Matthew R. Stevens

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

The Unintended Consequences of Closing and Restricting Jordan-Syria Border Crossings—by Justin Schon

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, August 14th, 2014

“Bilal” – by Stephen Boeshaar

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, June 17th, 2014

“Observations of a Homsi living in Tartous,” by Aboud Dandachi

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 21st, 2014

Problems for Syrians in Egypt; News from Kurdish North; Looting & Oil; Round-up

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, August 1st, 2013

The End of the Line: A Microbus Map of Damascus – by Matthew McNaught

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013

Documentary: Where the war still echoes

Posted by Syria Video on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

Jordan Shudders Under 331% Increase in Refugees as Conflict in Dera’a Intensifies

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, April 21st, 2013

Syria and the US – by Sami Moubayed – New Book

Posted by Joshua on Friday, August 24th, 2012

Homs: The Capital of Syrian Uprising

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

The Arab Spring & the decay of secular state in Syria

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Five Books on Syria – Recommended by Nikolas van Dam

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

What Will a Post Assad Syria Look Like?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Wiki Leaks: First Cut

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, November 28th, 2010

Drought, Water Management, and the Kurdish Question

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 15th, 2010

“Damascus art gallery ignites Syrian culture war,” By Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

“The Qubaysiyat are Feminists,” by Serene Taleb-Agha

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 8th, 2010

Igraa and Male Hypocrisy; Censorship; Divorce; Two New Ministers

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

Women and the Rise of The Religious Conservatives

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Memorizing is Out in Syrian Schools? Poetry is In.

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

“New Media is Straining Government Tolerance In Syria,” by Deb Amos

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Muhammad al-Habash Resigns from all Religious Activities

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 12th, 2010

Drought Hits East for Forth Year Causing More Distress

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Will Obama Abandon the Bush Policy of Punishing Mid East Countries that Oppose Israeli Expansion?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

News Round Up (29 August 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

“Syrians Were Not Behind the Hariri Assassination,” Former US Offical to as-Safir

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

The Niqab and Syria’s Private Girls Schools

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Syria Bans the Niqab in Schools

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 16th, 2010

Syrian Cinema; American Soldiers and Torture

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 9th, 2010

“Why Reforming the Hadith is so Difficult,” Elie Elhadj

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

OneMideast.Org Written up by Ian Black and Joe Macaron

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

“Middle East Art” by Brook Anderson and Don Duncan

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 14th, 2010

Beyond Image: The Effects of the Visual Noise in the City of Damascus. By S. Farah for Syria Comment

Posted by Alex on Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Ketan Gajria’s Photo – the Aleppo Souq – is a Winner

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 30th, 2010

“Syria’s National Day Celebrations at the Library of Congress”, by Ford Prefect

Posted by Alex on Sunday, April 25th, 2010

“The Armenian Genocide: The Islamist and Kemalist Consensus,” by Firat Demir

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

The Case for Syria

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Syrian Growth Figures; More Scary Drought Figures from the East

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Deborah Amos on the Water and Food Crisis

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, January 9th, 2010

“Jordan is a model that works, whether we like it or not,” – Rami Khouri

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 6th, 2009

Dubai Blues and Iraqi families Suffer in Syria

Posted by Joshua on Monday, November 30th, 2009

Observations along the road to Kassab and the streets of Aleppo, by Ehsani

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Angelina Does Damascus; Saudi King on his Way; Syria’s Attitude toward an Iranian Nuke

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 5th, 2009

“Can Former Iraqi Baathists in Syria Ever Go Home?” by Andrew Lee Butters

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 27th, 2009

“Tea on the Axis of Evil,” a film by Jean Marie Offenbacher

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 26th, 2009

The Syrian Public Sector, Corruption, Taxation, and Government Services” by Ehsani

Posted by Joshua on Friday, August 21st, 2009

The American MidEast Leadership Network’s Virtual Scrapbook

Posted by Alex on Friday, August 14th, 2009

Bashar ElSbihi Clarifies

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, August 9th, 2009

News Round Up (9 July 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Apologies to Howard Schweber and Barak’s Settlement Shuffle

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 29th, 2009

The Mitchell Visit: Why it is Important

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

“New Personal Status Draft Law Does Not Permits Polygamy for Christians,” by Tyler Golson

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

“Raqqa and Beyond” by Ali Khan: Dispatch 23

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 24th, 2009

“Hassakeh,” By Ali Khan (Dispatch 22)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, May 18th, 2009

“Trip Around and Across Syria!,” By Ali Khan #21

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

The Status of Women in Syria – A debate

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, April 25th, 2009

Ali Khan “At the Hamam”

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 17th, 2009

“A Night at the Theater with Saadallah Wannous” by Ali Khan

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Private Universities; Haykal Wins; Syriacs Hang On

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Arabesque Festival in DC

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 7th, 2009

Old Damascus – Restored or …? Beit Rumman as an Example

Posted by Joshua on Friday, February 6th, 2009

What the Middle East Needs is the “Audacity of Hope”, by Hind Kabawat

Posted by Alex on Saturday, January 24th, 2009

SYRIAN GOVERNMENT TO BAN SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Obama T-shirt From the “Axis of Evil”

Posted by Alex on Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Emanuel Apologizes for Father’s ‘Arab’ Comments, but Press Doen’t Publish Except on Blogs

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 14th, 2008

“American dream expelled from Syria” by Sami Moubayed

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

“Dispatch from Damascus 6,” by Ali Khan

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, October 25th, 2008

News Round Up (17 Oct. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 17th, 2008

Reader’s Comment on “Why Syria Doesn’t Want War”

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

News Round UP (13 Sept. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 13th, 2008

News Round UP (9 Sept. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 8th, 2008

Difficult Decisions for Assad, but Syrian Art Sizzles

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 8th, 2008

Syria at the Olympics

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, August 24th, 2008

IDAF’s Observations on his Month-long Trip Around Syria

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Ehsani’s Observations Following a Two Week Visit to Aleppo

Posted by Joshua on Monday, August 18th, 2008

Syria is Ready for Peace.

Posted by Alex on Thursday, July 31st, 2008

“Some Remarks on Syria,” by Observer

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 18th, 2008

Lebanon’s Christians Are Back — ICG: by Peter Harling

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

As Paris Boosts Assad, US Adds Sanctions (10 July 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Palestinians, Refugees, Turks, Aleppines, Arar, Bloggers

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Donating Books to Syria: Advice from Mr. Abed

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Books for Syrian Universities – Mr. Haytham Abed

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 30th, 2008

News Round Up (28 June 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, June 29th, 2008

“We Salute Syria” for its “Generosity” and “Cooperation,” said James Foley

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 26th, 2008

“Language Atlas of Syria” reviewed by Nikolaos van Dam

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 19th, 2008

“The Struggle for Power in Syria” by Van Dam reviewed by Josh Landis

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 19th, 2008

“What Syria stands for: The moral argument for US friendship with Syria,” by S. Farah

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 16th, 2008

Bashar Will Always Have Paris: Obama has AIPAC

Posted by Joshua on Friday, June 13th, 2008

News Round Up (10 June 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

News Round Up (31 May 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Why Reform is an Urgent call to Secular Arabs:

Posted by Alex on Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

News Round Up (1 May 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 2nd, 2008

“A ‘Surge’ for Refugees”

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

“Syria Sees Influx of Arabic Language Students,” by Peter Kenyon

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 13th, 2008

“A Bloody Era of Syria’s History Informs a Writer’s Banned Novel,” by R. Worth

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, April 12th, 2008

France Lets Key Witness in Hariri Trial Escape: Kushner Sorrowful

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

“The Jews of Syria,” By Robert Tuttle

Posted by Alex on Monday, April 7th, 2008

Jewish Fundraiser to Support Syrian Children with Cancer

Posted by Alex on Sunday, April 6th, 2008

The Iraqi refugee view from Syria and Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 20th, 2008

News Round Up (March 18 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

What is Behind Israeli Offers of Peace Negotiations?

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 17th, 2008

The United States presents Cinerama in Damascus, 1954

Posted by Alex on Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Foreign Militants Crossing Syria-Iraq Border Drop to 40-50 a Month

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

“Once-Socialist Damascus Displays New Wealth, Glitz,” by Deborah Amos

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

“Lebanese diva arouses emotion, controversy in Syria,” by Oweis

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Damascus, capital of Arab culture for 2008

Posted by Alex on Saturday, January 19th, 2008

“Al-Qaeda in Lebanon,” by Nir Rosen

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

News Roundup (15 Jan. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

“Syrian Americans: The Identity Balancing Act,” by Salma al-Shami

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Syria Requires Arabization of Names

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Five undeniable facts about the Syria that I saw / by Ehsani

Posted by Alex on Monday, December 24th, 2007

Arrests of Damascus Declaration for Democratic Change Conference Participants

Posted by Joshua on Monday, December 10th, 2007

Iraq Wants US to Engage with Syria and Iran. Facebook Minister Soaped

Posted by Joshua on Monday, December 10th, 2007

Lebanon, Iran & US

Posted by Joshua on Friday, December 7th, 2007

“The Real Reason Syria Blocked Facebook,” by Idaf

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 24th, 2007

Facebook Blocked in Syria: Virtual Civil Society Banned

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 16th, 2007

Iraqi Refugees: Has There Been a Breakthrough?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 15th, 2007

“Syria is No Longer Cuba,” by Ibrahim Hamidi

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 25th, 2007

An Iraqi in Syria

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

“A dihonorable Affair,” by Katherine Zoepf

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

Hamidi on New Visa Requirements for Iraqis

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Subsidies and Iraqis: Syria Shifts Gears

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

News Round Up (1 Sept 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

Germany Restores Aid & Analyzing Aoun

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Elissa Banned from Syria. Shwarma Fires Up France

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, August 9th, 2007

Censorship of Websites Announced by Syrian Ministry of Tel.

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

News Round Up (27 July 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 27th, 2007

Syria’s Iraq Policy

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 27th, 2007

“In the Old City, a Bohemian Rhapsody,” by Oliver August

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Syria’s Private Universities

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Syrian Clothes Designer Enthralls Turks

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Introducing the Creative Forum: Commemorating the Golan Heights

Posted by Alex on Monday, June 4th, 2007

Iraqi Refugees in Syria: 3 Best Articles

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 20th, 2007

Seymour Hersh: “We may never find out who ordered Hariri assassination”

Posted by Joshua on Monday, April 2nd, 2007

“U.S.-Syrian Relations” by Amassador Moustapha

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 12th, 2007

Has a Lebanon Deal Been Clinched?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

News Round Up (3 March 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

Feb 14 Raises the Rhetoric

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, February 15th, 2007

News Round Up (13 February 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

Syria Shuts Out Iraqi Refugees. Is Arabism Over?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 4th, 2007

“Shi’ites and Shi’ism in Medieval Syria,” by Stephennie Mulder

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

The Babes of Hizbullah

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

8 Syrian Students Face Trial for Starting Discussion Group

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Mansour al-Atrash has Died at 80

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 16th, 2006

Can Bush Bring Down Syrian Regime?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 29th, 2006

News Roundup (Oct. 9, 2006)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 9th, 2006