Cold Mountain: Where a swift death is a privilege

By Razan Zeitouneh We worked together for several months. We got angry with one another, and then made up and laughed together. We swapped news, invited each other to share our favorite meals, and promised to celebrate together in freedom squares. I knew neither his name nor his face. I imagined him to be in [...]

This is Why We Took to the Streets

By Rima Fleihan When my phone rang that day last year, I had only been out for a few hours after spending four days in prison. I had been detained for participating in a demonstration in Al-Maidan neighbourhood in July 2011. I didn’t recognise the caller’s number that showed up on my phone, but I [...]

Farmers in Syria’s North Face Dire Situation

When the Syrian regular forces entered Hama, Idlib and the countryside of Aleppo province, not only did they force many residents to run for their lives, they destroyed the economic infrastructure by burning down stores and laying waste to agricultural lands. Abu Muhammad, who fled from the countryside in Aleppo province to the Kalas refugee [...]

Camera vs. Murder: Syrian Revolution Shapes New Wave of Documentary Films

Update: Syrian activist and filmmaker Bassel Shhadeh was killed on May 28, 2012. One of his major works was Saturday Morning Gift, a short film based on an interview with a Lebanese child who survived the 2006 war in Lebanon. The internet is not short of video clips documenting the Syrian revolution. These videos have [...]