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"If I could sleep"

In this deeply personal text, director Ghiath Al-Mhitawi takes us back to his memories as a child and teenager in the village of Labin, in the countryside of Sweida. He reflects on the enchanting relationship with his grandfather, before history...

Discrimination against pregnant women

Mawada Bahhah

The geometry of terror: Queer bodies and the fight for recognition

Mark Issa

Following the collapse of the Assad regime, state violence in Syria has mutated into localized social sorting, weaponizing checkpoints and moral policing against trans and queer individuals. Advocacy groups, including the Guardians of Equality Movement (GEM) and Seen, are battling...

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Raqqa and Deir Ez-Zor Oil

Changes in power and the social contract

Arya Haji

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Will the cotton season return?

Syria’s white gold production in crisis

Arya Haji

Before the war, cotton picking in Syria was a season of joy and cooperation. Nowadays farmers are no longer able to feed themselves.

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Transitional justice needs an economic perspective

Joseph Daher

The decisions of the transitional authorities to conclude agreements and reconciliations with business figures linked to the former Assad regime counter to the principles of a comprehensive transitional justice process.