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Broad coalition opposes UK decision to re-establish ties with Iranian regime

Broad coalition opposes UK decision to re-establish ties with Iranian regime

Naame Shaam was among a group of Iranian, Arab and Western activists and groups who published an open letter in the Guardian newspaper on 26 June 2014, criticising the British government’s decision to reestablish diplomatic ties with the Iranian regime. Below is the full text of the […]

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LETTERS FROM SYRIA TO IRAN

LETTERS FROM SYRIA TO IRAN

INTERVIEW OF NAAME SHAAM WITH NOW ONLINES NEWS SITE ON: Role of Iran in Syria, strategic importance of Hezbollah for Pasdaran, etc. 17.4.2014 Hanin Ghaddar, managing editor of NOW, speaks with Naame Shaam Source: https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/interviews/543426-letters-from-syria-to-iran It is no secret that Bashar al-Assad wouldn’t have survived till now […]

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What do Syrian secular intellectuals say?

What do Syrian secular intellectuals say?

Yassin al-Haj Saleh is a Syrian intellectual and writer from Ar-Raqqah. He spent 16 years of his life (1980 to 1996) in Syrian regime prisons. Saleh has been heavily involved in the Syrian revolution, writing and working alongside young activists. He was in hiding in Eastern Ghouta […]

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The role of women in the Syrian revolution

A short film, released for the third anniversary of the start of the Syrian revolution, chronicling the epic role of Syrian women in the country’s ongoing revolution ever since it started in March 2011. “Hurra” (Arabic for ‘free woman’) is a reminder to all those who now […]

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Syrian protesters: ‘A popular revolution, not a civil war!’

Despite all risks, thousands of Syrians across the country took to the street last Friday, 14 March 2014, under the banner “A popular revolution, not a civil war”. As their revolution enters its fourth year, they wanted to remind the world that has forgotten about their struggle […]

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On the third anniversary of the revolution, let’s stand up with Syria

On the third anniversary of the revolution, let’s stand up with Syria

A beautiful animation based on the work of renowned British graffiti artist Banksy. Produced by a new campaign called #WithSyria (http://withsyria.com/), which is a coalition of over 130 humanitarian and human rights groups calling for “this to be the last anniversary of conflict in Syria.” COMMENT: We, […]

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The revolutionary women of Zabadani

A powerful short film (5 min) about the role of the women of al-Zabadani, a town near Damascus, in the revolution in their local area – from organising protests and calling for strikes, to distributing leaflets, graffiti, making flags and banner and so on. The film shows […]

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Fighting against two states

Syrians are now indeed living two revolutions. On last Friday’s demonstrations, dubbed ‘The Friday of death barrels with an international license’ (in reference to the brutal bombing campaign by regime forces in Aleppo, in which home-made explosive barrels are dropped on residential areas), the speeches and signs […]

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‘We want both bread and freedom’

‘We want both bread and freedom’

“The age of ‘bread or freedom’ is over – We want both together.” from Zabadani, Syria  

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Veto: A short film about the Syrian revolution

‘Veto’, a powerful short film (12 min) on how a peaceful uprising in Syria was pushed into an armed struggle because of the regime’s brutal repression and the political games played by the regime’s allies (Russia, China, Iran).  

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