After 11 Years of Syrian War, Can Education Foster Peace?
By Karam Alhamad Eleven years ago last month, war broke out in my home country of Syria. I was 21 years old. To promote a freer, brighter future for my country, I did what I could, picking up my camera to document Assad’s atrocities against his own people. My hopes of peacefully graduating from […]
Public Diplomacy and Cultural Festivals in Syria – Evelyn A Early – Syria 1982
The trust and friendships cultivated during my 1982 Fulbright in Syria continued through my return in 1996 as a diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus. In 1982, I was one of a few American researchers in Syria. I aimed to understand Syrian society via Syrian popular culture. One day, while my “minder-friend” Haider and […]