Syrian Refugee Students’ Reflections of Space in Jordan’s Double-Shift Schools After experiencing disruption, pain, and unimaginable loss, Syrian children arrived in Jordan and desperately hoped to regain their childhood and be students, friends, and aspiring...
A Latin Drink in Syrian Lands You may wonder if someone asks you, what is a common tradition between someone in South America and another one curled up on the sofa in Homs city, Syria? Well, it is neither a Barcelona fan nor someone obsessed with Lionel Messi. It is...
I am not as weak as they think. I am a refugee, therefore I am. Asylum made me stronger. During my asylum journey, I faced many difficulties but also learned many lessons. I am still offended when people associate being a refugee with being weak, uneducated, and...
The Madness of chemistry. Conflicts in this world never stop, especially when their goal is to gain power or make money. For as long as there have been humans on this Earth, there have been conflicts between them, and every conflict has a cause. Some conflicts are a...
Music is my life When I started learning music, there was a strange view of society towards me, because I live in a conservative society. Music is considered an unusual or undesirable path in my society, but despite the difficulties and challenges I have faced, I...
Daraa is one of the Syrian governorates in the south of the country. The entire area is a wide plain so it’s called the Houran plain, and many great civilizations have passed through it over the centuries. Houran is characterised by fertile land; the Romans depended...
A Promise Across the Atlantic. Growing up in an Arab culture, I learned that Arab geographers called the Atlantic “the Sea ofDarkness” – bahr al Thouloumat. Little I knew it would be the source of a spark that lit theflame of hope inside me. I have always wondered...
The city of Damascus is famous for its unique type of fabric, called brocade, which Damascus was famous for three thousand years ago. It takes ten hours to make one meter of damask because of the delicate, complex patterns and attention to detail. Brocade is an...
The poem “If” is by the British poet Rudyard Kipling. It is a poem that is nearly a hundred years old and represents a set of commandments in which he addresses his son to live optimally. It is advice for everyone on how to live, and spread tolerance and forgiveness...