Ahmad and Karam: A Syrian Message for the World
Podcast: Download (Duration: 41:53 — 28.8MB) | Embed In 2011 Ahmad and Karam, two university students from Deir ez-Zor took to the streets as part of the mass protest movement demanding an end to the…
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Syria Comes Closer
I have been silent over the past 2 weeks, trying to process a recent journey and an experience that had a profound impact on me. Although it would seem there are several ways to tell…
The Refugee Church of Amsterdam
At the beginning of this winter, as I prepared for the great journey to North Africa, here in Amsterdam I heard about a group of asylum seekers who were living in a tent camp somewhere…
Kamal Hakim: Beirut, A City and Life of Contradictions
Podcast: Download (Duration: 34:00 — 23.4MB) | Embed Kamal Hakim grew up in an era of reconstruction after the civil war in Lebanon. As the son of a Greek Orthodox – Sunni Muslim marriage, he…
Unpack those Expressions
It is perhaps surprising to some regular readers/listeners of my work, but I don’t much care for the way elections and campaigns are carried out in several countries including the United States. But don’t stop…