Articles tagged with: Damascus
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Saturday, 18 May, 2013
Safwan Dahoul’s distinctive canvases, characterized by elegant curvature of line and the Pharaonic-eyed, heavy-browed subjects, all have all shared the same title for the last three decades: Dream. Yet what is most striking about this latest series of paintings, showcased at Ayyam Gallery in Dahoul’s first solo UK show, is the shift away from the muted sepia palette that usually pervades his work. Here we see only monochrome; stark black and white images peer out at the viewer from the walls...
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Tuesday, 14 May, 2013
The contending Lebanese factions have taken their fight from the streets of Beirut and Tripoli to those of Damascus and Homs. Yet, battling it out elsewhere does not mean that Lebanon is sailing toward stability or prosperity. Lebanon's leaders continue to enjoy their fiery statements, often attacking each other and taking opposing sides on all issues, both domestic and regional. This infighting does little to alleviate Lebanon’s many political impasses, such as forming a new cabinet after the...
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Friday, 19 Apr, 2013
BEIRUT, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanese Shi’ites are increasingly split on the issue of support for the government of Bashar Al-Assad in Syria, according to sources in southern Be...
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Tuesday, 16 Apr, 2013
LONDON The Majalla—Armored vehicles line the streets of downtown Boston and twelve blocks of the city remain cordoned off as police hunt for clues in the devastating attack t...
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Wednesday, 3 Apr, 2013
If confirmed, recent reports about the use of chemical weapons in Syria, in Kahn Al-Asal last month and in Homs in December 2012, possibly signal that President Bashar Al-Assad is ...
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Monday, 18 Mar, 2013
In the pre-Arab Spring era, the conventional wisdom was that an uprising in Syria was far fetched. Articles written by learned experts proclaimed Assad’s immunity to the tid...
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Tuesday, 5 Mar, 2013
You will not see Ahmad in a television report, trapped in a war zone that used to be his home. He is not among the refugees escaping Syria for a new hell in the camps. Ahmad is...
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Thursday, 21 Feb, 2013
BEIRUT, Asharq Al-Awsat—Damascus was rocked on Thursday by a car bomb that exploded in the heart of the city, close to the headquarters of Syria’s ruling Ba'athist Party. Act...
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Tuesday, 8 Jan, 2013
In a steamy University of Damascus classroom, Arabic language students attempt to translate Samar Yazbek’s novel Cinnamon. Heads are buried inside diction...
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Tuesday, 25 Dec, 2012
Fairy lights wink at passers-by along the winding alleyways of the Old City’s Christian quarter. Christmas 2010 in Damascus—the last Christmas before the Syrian uprising be...
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